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Kansas vs Wyoming Geography
Land area
- Kansas has a land area of 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²), while Wyoming has 97,089 square miles (251,458 km²).
- Wyoming's land area is 1.2 times (19%) larger than Kansas'.
Total area
- Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²) vs Wyoming: 97,810 square miles (253,326 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wyoming's total area is 1.2 times (19%) larger than Kansas'.
Length
- Kansas is 207 miles (334 km) long from north to south; Wyoming is 324 miles (522 km).
- Wyoming's north-south length is 1.6 times (57%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km) east to west; Wyoming spans 410 miles (659 km).
- Kansas and Wyoming have about the same east-west width.
Highest point
- Kansas's highest point is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m); Wyoming's is Gannett Peak at 13,788 feet (4,203 m).
- Gannett Peak is 9,748 feet higher than Mount Sunflower.
Lowest point
- Kansas's lowest point is Verdigris River at 679 feet; Wyoming's is Belle Fourche River at 3,108 feet.
- Kansas's lowest point is 2,429 feet lower.
Kansas vs Wyoming Population and History
Population
- Kansas has a population of 2,970,606 (2024), while Wyoming has 587,618 (2024).
- Kansas' population is 5.1 times (406%) larger than Wyoming's.
Population density
- Kansas: 36.3 people per square mile vs Wyoming: 6.1.
- Kansas' population density is 6.0 times (495%) higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest city
- Kansas's biggest city is Wichita with 400,991 people; Wyoming's is Cheyenne with 65,704.
- Wichita's population is 6.1 times (510%) larger than Cheyenne's.
Largest metro area
- Kansas's largest metropolitan area is Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579 people) vs Wyoming's Cheyenne, WY metro area (101,783).
- Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's population is 22.1 times larger than Cheyenne, WY metro area's.
History
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- Wyoming: Admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state.
- In its current form, Kansas is the older of the two by 29 years.
Kansas vs Wyoming Economy
GDP
- Kansas's GDP is $230.5 billion (2024) vs Wyoming's $51.5 billion.
- Kansas' economic output is 4.5 times (348%) larger than Wyoming's.
GDP per capita
- Kansas: $77,601 per person vs Wyoming: $87,639.
- Wyoming's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Kansas'.
Average income
- Kansas: $65,856 vs Wyoming: $86,477 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Wyoming's average income is 1.3 times (31%) higher than Kansas'.
Kansas vs Wyoming Counties
Number of counties
- Kansas has 105 counties, while Wyoming has 23.
- Kansas' county count is 4.6 times (357%) higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest county by area
- Kansas's largest county is Butler County at 1,430 square miles; Wyoming's is Sweetwater County at 10,427 square miles.
- Sweetwater County's land area is 7.3 times (629%) larger than Butler County's.
Smallest county by area
- Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi) vs Wyoming: Hot Springs County (2,004 sq mi).
- Hot Springs County's land area is 13.2 times larger than Wyandotte County's.
Most populous county
- Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people) vs Wyoming: Laramie County (101,783 people).
- Johnson County's population is 6.2 times (521%) larger than Laramie County's.
Least populous county
- Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people) vs Wyoming: Niobrara County (2,301 people).
- Niobrara County's population is 2.0 times (100%) larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Teton County ($532,903).
- Teton County's income is 4.0 times (295%) richer than Greeley County's.
Poorest county
- Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Uinta County ($50,370).
- Uinta County's income is 1.2 times (17%) richer than Wyandotte County's.
Kansas vs Wyoming Taxes
State income tax
- Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%, while Wyoming has no state income tax.
- Kansas's top rate is 5.58 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Kansas: 1.25% effective rate vs Wyoming: 0.57% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.68 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Kansas: 8.71% combined state and average local rate vs Wyoming: 5.39%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 3.32 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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