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Minnesota vs Vermont Geography
Land area
- Minnesota has a land area of 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²), while Vermont has 9,217 square miles (23,873 km²).
- Minnesota's land area is 8.6 times (764%) larger than Vermont's.
Total area
- Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²) vs Vermont: 9,615 square miles (24,903 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Minnesota's total area is 9.0 times (804%) larger than Vermont's.
Length
- Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km) long from north to south; Vermont is 165 miles (265 km).
- Minnesota's north-south length is 2.5 times (147%) longer than Vermont's.
Width
- Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km) east to west; Vermont spans 113 miles (181 km).
- Minnesota's east-west width is 3.2 times (219%) wider than Vermont's.
Highest point
- Minnesota's highest point is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m); Vermont's is Mount Mansfield at 4,384 feet (1,336 m).
- Mount Mansfield is 2,092 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point
- Minnesota's lowest point is Lake Superior at 601 feet; Vermont's is Lake Champlain at 95 feet.
- Vermont's lowest point is 506 feet lower.
Minnesota vs Vermont Population and History
Population
- Minnesota has a population of 5,793,151 (2024), while Vermont has 648,493 (2024).
- Minnesota's population is 8.9 times (793%) larger than Vermont's.
Population density
- Minnesota: 72.7 people per square mile vs Vermont: 70.4.
- Minnesota and Vermont have about the same population density.
Biggest city
- Minnesota's biggest city is Minneapolis with 428,579 people; Vermont's is Burlington with 44,432.
- Minneapolis' population is 9.6 times (865%) larger than Burlington's.
Largest metro area
- Minnesota's largest metropolitan area is Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952 people) vs Vermont's Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area (229,445).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 16.4 times larger than Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area's.
History
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- Vermont: Admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state.
- In its current form, Vermont is the older of the two by 67 years.
Minnesota vs Vermont Economy
GDP
- Minnesota's GDP is $507.7 billion (2024) vs Vermont's $46.3 billion.
- Minnesota's economic output is 11.0 times larger than Vermont's.
GDP per capita
- Minnesota: $87,636 per person vs Vermont: $71,359.
- Minnesota's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Vermont's.
Average income
- Minnesota: $75,603 vs Vermont: $71,287 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Minnesota's average income is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Vermont's.
Minnesota vs Vermont Counties
Number of counties
- Minnesota has 87 counties, while Vermont has 14.
- Minnesota's county count is 6.2 times (521%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest county by area
- Minnesota's largest county is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles; Vermont's is Windsor County at 969 square miles.
- St. Louis County's land area is 6.4 times (545%) larger than Windsor County's.
Smallest county by area
- Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi) vs Vermont: Grand Isle County (82 sq mi).
- Ramsey County's land area is 1.9 times (86%) larger than Grand Isle County's.
Most populous county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people) vs Vermont: Chittenden County (170,851 people).
- Hennepin County's population is 7.5 times (645%) larger than Chittenden County's.
Least populous county
- Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people) vs Vermont: Essex County (6,037 people).
- Essex County's population is 1.9 times (93%) larger than Traverse County's.
Richest county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352 per capita income) vs Vermont: Chittenden County ($80,533).
- Hennepin County's income is 1.2 times (25%) richer than Chittenden County's.
Poorest county
- Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677 per capita income) vs Vermont: Essex County ($50,712).
- Pine County and Essex County have about the same income.
Minnesota vs Vermont Taxes
State income tax
- Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%, while Vermont has a top income tax rate of 8.75%.
- Minnesota's top rate is 1.1 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Minnesota: 1.02% effective rate vs Vermont: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Vermont's rate is 0.4 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Minnesota: 8.14% combined state and average local rate vs Vermont: 6.43%.
- Minnesota's combined rate is 1.71 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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