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Missouri vs Rhode Island Geography
Land area
- Missouri has a land area of 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²), while Rhode Island has 1,034 square miles (2,678 km²).
- Missouri's land area is 66.5 times larger than Rhode Island's.
Total area
- Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²) vs Rhode Island: 1,545 square miles (4,002 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Missouri's total area is 45.1 times larger than Rhode Island's.
Length
- Missouri is 328 miles (529 km) long from north to south; Rhode Island is 61 miles (98 km).
- Missouri's north-south length is 5.4 times (438%) longer than Rhode Island's.
Width
- Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km) east to west; Rhode Island spans 42 miles (67 km).
- Missouri's east-west width is 10.4 times wider than Rhode Island's.
Highest point
- Missouri's highest point is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m); Rhode Island's is Jerimoth Hill at 811 feet (247 m).
- Taum Sauk Mountain is 960 feet higher than Jerimoth Hill.
Lowest point
- Missouri's lowest point is St. Francis River at 230 feet; Rhode Island's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Rhode Island's lowest point is 230 feet lower.
Missouri vs Rhode Island Population and History
Population
- Missouri has a population of 6,245,466 (2024), while Rhode Island has 1,112,308 (2024).
- Missouri's population is 5.6 times (461%) larger than Rhode Island's.
Population density
- Missouri: 90.8 people per square mile vs Rhode Island: 1,075.8.
- Rhode Island's population density is 11.8 times higher than Missouri's.
Biggest city
- Missouri's biggest city is Kansas City with 516,032 people; Rhode Island's is Providence with 194,706.
- Kansas City's population is 2.7 times (165%) larger than Providence's.
Largest metro area
- Missouri's largest metropolitan area is St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927 people) vs Rhode Island's Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area (1,700,901).
- St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's population is 1.7 times (65%) larger than Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area's.
History
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- Rhode Island: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1790, as the 13th state.
- In its current form, Rhode Island is the older of the two by 31 years.
Missouri vs Rhode Island Economy
GDP
- Missouri's GDP is $448.7 billion (2024) vs Rhode Island's $80.4 billion.
- Missouri's economic output is 5.6 times (458%) larger than Rhode Island's.
GDP per capita
- Missouri: $71,846 per person vs Rhode Island: $72,265.
- Missouri and Rhode Island have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Missouri: $64,920 vs Rhode Island: $70,622 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Rhode Island's average income is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Missouri's.
Missouri vs Rhode Island Counties
Number of counties
- Missouri has 115 counties, while Rhode Island has 5.
- Missouri's county count is 23.0 times higher than Rhode Island's.
Biggest county by area
- Missouri's largest county is Texas County at 1,177 square miles; Rhode Island's is Providence County at 410 square miles.
- Texas County's land area is 2.9 times (187%) larger than Providence County's.
Smallest county by area
- Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County (24 sq mi).
- St. Louis city's land area is 2.6 times (156%) larger than Bristol County's.
Most populous county
- Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people) vs Rhode Island: Providence County (675,912 people).
- St. Louis County's population is 1.5 times (47%) larger than Providence County's.
Least populous county
- Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County (50,145 people).
- Bristol County's population is 26.8 times larger than Worth County's.
Richest county
- Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775 per capita income) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County ($99,923).
- St. Louis County's income is 1.0 times (5%) richer than Bristol County's.
Poorest county
- Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515 per capita income) vs Rhode Island: Providence County ($61,040).
- Providence County's income is 1.5 times (51%) richer than Douglas County's.
Missouri vs Rhode Island Taxes
State income tax
- Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%, while Rhode Island has a top income tax rate of 5.99%.
- Rhode Island's top rate is 1.29 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Missouri: 0.79% effective rate vs Rhode Island: 1.07% of home value per year.
- Rhode Island's rate is 0.28 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Missouri: 8.44% combined state and average local rate vs Rhode Island: 7%.
- Missouri's combined rate is 1.44 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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