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Nebraska vs Vermont Geography
Land area
- Nebraska has a land area of 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²), while Vermont has 9,217 square miles (23,873 km²).
- Nebraska's land area is 8.3 times (733%) larger than Vermont's.
Total area
- Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²) vs Vermont: 9,615 square miles (24,903 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nebraska's total area is 8.0 times (704%) larger than Vermont's.
Length
- Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km) long from north to south; Vermont is 165 miles (265 km).
- Nebraska's north-south length is 3.0 times (201%) longer than Vermont's.
Width
- Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km) east to west; Vermont spans 113 miles (181 km).
- Nebraska's east-west width is 4.1 times (311%) wider than Vermont's.
Highest point
- Nebraska's highest point is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m); Vermont's is Mount Mansfield at 4,384 feet (1,336 m).
- Panorama Point is 1,044 feet higher than Mount Mansfield.
Lowest point
- Nebraska's lowest point is Missouri River at 840 feet; Vermont's is Lake Champlain at 95 feet.
- Vermont's lowest point is 745 feet lower.
Nebraska vs Vermont Population and History
Population
- Nebraska has a population of 2,005,465 (2024), while Vermont has 648,493 (2024).
- Nebraska's population is 3.1 times (209%) larger than Vermont's.
Population density
- Nebraska: 26.1 people per square mile vs Vermont: 70.4.
- Vermont's population density is 2.7 times (170%) higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- Nebraska's biggest city is Omaha with 489,265 people; Vermont's is Burlington with 44,432.
- Omaha's population is 11.0 times larger than Burlington's.
Largest metro area
- Nebraska's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs Vermont's Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area (229,445).
- Omaha, NE-IA metro area's population is 4.4 times (336%) larger than Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area's.
History
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th 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 76 years.
Nebraska vs Vermont Economy
GDP
- Nebraska's GDP is $189.2 billion (2024) vs Vermont's $46.3 billion.
- Nebraska's economic output is 4.1 times (309%) larger than Vermont's.
GDP per capita
- Nebraska: $94,363 per person vs Vermont: $71,359.
- Nebraska's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (32%) higher than Vermont's.
Average income
- Nebraska: $72,701 vs Vermont: $71,287 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nebraska and Vermont have about the same average income.
Nebraska vs Vermont Counties
Number of counties
- Nebraska has 93 counties, while Vermont has 14.
- Nebraska's county count is 6.6 times (564%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest county by area
- Nebraska's largest county is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles; Vermont's is Windsor County at 969 square miles.
- Cherry County's land area is 6.2 times (515%) larger than Windsor County's.
Smallest county by area
- Nebraska: Sarpy County (238 sq mi) vs Vermont: Grand Isle County (82 sq mi).
- Sarpy County's land area is 2.9 times (191%) larger than Grand Isle County's.
Most populous county
- Nebraska: Douglas County (601,158 people) vs Vermont: Chittenden County (170,851 people).
- Douglas County's population is 3.5 times (252%) larger than Chittenden County's.
Least populous county
- Nebraska: McPherson County (376 people) vs Vermont: Essex County (6,037 people).
- Essex County's population is 16.1 times larger than McPherson County's.
Richest county
- Nebraska: Pierce County ($112,729 per capita income) vs Vermont: Chittenden County ($80,533).
- Pierce County's income is 1.4 times (40%) richer than Chittenden County's.
Poorest county
- Nebraska: Johnson County ($45,756 per capita income) vs Vermont: Essex County ($50,712).
- Essex County's income is 1.1 times (11%) richer than Johnson County's.
Nebraska vs Vermont Taxes
State income tax
- Nebraska has a top income tax rate of 4.55%, while Vermont has a top income tax rate of 8.75%.
- Vermont's top rate is 4.2 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Nebraska: 1.42% effective rate vs Vermont: 1.42% of home value per year.
- The two are essentially equal.
Sales tax
- Nebraska: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Vermont: 6.43%.
- Nebraska's combined rate is 0.55 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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