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Missouri vs Wyoming Geography
Land area
- Missouri has a land area of 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²), while Wyoming has 97,089 square miles (251,458 km²).
- Wyoming's land area is 1.4 times (41%) larger than Missouri's.
Total area
- Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²) vs Wyoming: 97,810 square miles (253,326 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wyoming's total area is 1.4 times (40%) larger than Missouri's.
Length
- Missouri is 328 miles (529 km) long from north to south; Wyoming is 324 miles (522 km).
- Missouri and Wyoming have about the same north-south length.
Width
- Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km) east to west; Wyoming spans 410 miles (659 km).
- Missouri's east-west width is 1.1 times (7%) wider than Wyoming's.
Highest point
- Missouri's highest point is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m); Wyoming's is Gannett Peak at 13,788 feet (4,203 m).
- Gannett Peak is 12,017 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- Missouri's lowest point is St. Francis River at 230 feet; Wyoming's is Belle Fourche River at 3,108 feet.
- Missouri's lowest point is 2,878 feet lower.
Missouri vs Wyoming Population and History
Population
- Missouri has a population of 6,245,466 (2024), while Wyoming has 587,618 (2024).
- Missouri's population is 10.6 times larger than Wyoming's.
Population density
- Missouri: 90.8 people per square mile vs Wyoming: 6.1.
- Missouri's population density is 14.9 times higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest city
- Missouri's biggest city is Kansas City with 516,032 people; Wyoming's is Cheyenne with 65,704.
- Kansas City's population is 7.9 times (685%) larger than Cheyenne's.
Largest metro area
- Missouri's largest metropolitan area is St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927 people) vs Wyoming's Cheyenne, WY metro area (101,783).
- St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's population is 27.6 times larger than Cheyenne, WY metro area's.
History
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- Wyoming: Admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state.
- In its current form, Missouri is the older of the two by 69 years.
Missouri vs Wyoming Economy
GDP
- Missouri's GDP is $448.7 billion (2024) vs Wyoming's $51.5 billion.
- Missouri's economic output is 8.7 times (771%) larger than Wyoming's.
GDP per capita
- Missouri: $71,846 per person vs Wyoming: $87,639.
- Wyoming's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (22%) higher than Missouri's.
Average income
- Missouri: $64,920 vs Wyoming: $86,477 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Wyoming's average income is 1.3 times (33%) higher than Missouri's.
Missouri vs Wyoming Counties
Number of counties
- Missouri has 115 counties, while Wyoming has 23.
- Missouri's county count is 5.0 times (400%) higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest county by area
- Missouri's largest county is Texas County at 1,177 square miles; Wyoming's is Sweetwater County at 10,427 square miles.
- Sweetwater County's land area is 8.9 times (786%) larger than Texas County's.
Smallest county by area
- Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi) vs Wyoming: Hot Springs County (2,004 sq mi).
- Hot Springs County's land area is 32.5 times larger than St. Louis city's.
Most populous county
- Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people) vs Wyoming: Laramie County (101,783 people).
- St. Louis County's population is 9.8 times (876%) larger than Laramie County's.
Least populous county
- Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people) vs Wyoming: Niobrara County (2,301 people).
- Niobrara County's population is 1.2 times (23%) larger than Worth County's.
Richest county
- Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Teton County ($532,903).
- Teton County's income is 5.1 times (409%) richer than St. Louis County's.
Poorest county
- Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Uinta County ($50,370).
- Uinta County's income is 1.2 times (24%) richer than Douglas County's.
Missouri vs Wyoming Taxes
State income tax
- Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%, while Wyoming has no state income tax.
- Missouri's top rate is 4.7 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Missouri: 0.79% effective rate vs Wyoming: 0.57% of home value per year.
- Missouri's rate is 0.22 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Missouri: 8.44% combined state and average local rate vs Wyoming: 5.39%.
- Missouri's combined rate is 3.05 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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