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Missouri vs Vermont Geography
Land area
- Missouri has a land area of 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²), while Vermont has 9,217 square miles (23,873 km²).
- Missouri's land area is 7.5 times (646%) larger than Vermont's.
Total area
- Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²) vs Vermont: 9,615 square miles (24,903 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Missouri's total area is 7.2 times (625%) larger than Vermont's.
Length
- Missouri is 328 miles (529 km) long from north to south; Vermont is 165 miles (265 km).
- Missouri's north-south length is 2.0 times (99%) longer than Vermont's.
Width
- Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km) east to west; Vermont spans 113 miles (181 km).
- Missouri's east-west width is 3.9 times (287%) wider than Vermont's.
Highest point
- Missouri's highest point is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m); Vermont's is Mount Mansfield at 4,384 feet (1,336 m).
- Mount Mansfield is 2,613 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- Missouri's lowest point is St. Francis River at 230 feet; Vermont's is Lake Champlain at 95 feet.
- Vermont's lowest point is 135 feet lower.
Missouri vs Vermont Population and History
Population
- Missouri has a population of 6,245,466 (2024), while Vermont has 648,493 (2024).
- Missouri's population is 9.6 times (863%) larger than Vermont's.
Population density
- Missouri: 90.8 people per square mile vs Vermont: 70.4.
- Missouri's population density is 1.3 times (29%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest city
- Missouri's biggest city is Kansas City with 516,032 people; Vermont's is Burlington with 44,432.
- Kansas City's population is 11.6 times larger than Burlington's.
Largest metro area
- Missouri's largest metropolitan area is St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927 people) vs Vermont's Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area (229,445).
- St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's population is 12.3 times larger than Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area's.
History
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th 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 30 years.
Missouri vs Vermont Economy
GDP
- Missouri's GDP is $448.7 billion (2024) vs Vermont's $46.3 billion.
- Missouri's economic output is 9.7 times (869%) larger than Vermont's.
GDP per capita
- Missouri: $71,846 per person vs Vermont: $71,359.
- Missouri and Vermont have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Missouri: $64,920 vs Vermont: $71,287 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Vermont's average income is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Missouri's.
Missouri vs Vermont Counties
Number of counties
- Missouri has 115 counties, while Vermont has 14.
- Missouri's county count is 8.2 times (721%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest county by area
- Missouri's largest county is Texas County at 1,177 square miles; Vermont's is Windsor County at 969 square miles.
- Texas County's land area is 1.2 times (21%) larger than Windsor County's.
Smallest county by area
- Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi) vs Vermont: Grand Isle County (82 sq mi).
- Grand Isle County's land area is 1.3 times (33%) larger than St. Louis city's.
Most populous county
- Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people) vs Vermont: Chittenden County (170,851 people).
- St. Louis County's population is 5.8 times (481%) larger than Chittenden County's.
Least populous county
- Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people) vs Vermont: Essex County (6,037 people).
- Essex County's population is 3.2 times (222%) larger than Worth County's.
Richest county
- Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775 per capita income) vs Vermont: Chittenden County ($80,533).
- St. Louis County's income is 1.3 times (30%) richer than Chittenden County's.
Poorest county
- Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515 per capita income) vs Vermont: Essex County ($50,712).
- Essex County's income is 1.3 times (25%) richer than Douglas County's.
Missouri vs Vermont Taxes
State income tax
- Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%, while Vermont has a top income tax rate of 8.75%.
- Vermont's top rate is 4.05 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Missouri: 0.79% effective rate vs Vermont: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Vermont's rate is 0.63 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Missouri: 8.44% combined state and average local rate vs Vermont: 6.43%.
- Missouri's combined rate is 2.01 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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