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North Carolina vs Vermont Geography
Land area
- North Carolina has a land area of 48,624 square miles (125,936 km²), while Vermont has 9,217 square miles (23,873 km²).
- North Carolina's land area is 5.3 times (428%) larger than Vermont's.
Total area
- North Carolina: 53,819 square miles (139,390 km²) vs Vermont: 9,615 square miles (24,903 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- North Carolina's total area is 5.6 times (460%) larger than Vermont's.
Length
- North Carolina is 258 miles (415 km) long from north to south; Vermont is 165 miles (265 km).
- North Carolina's north-south length is 1.6 times (56%) longer than Vermont's.
Width
- North Carolina spans 487 miles (784 km) east to west; Vermont spans 113 miles (181 km).
- North Carolina's east-west width is 4.3 times (331%) wider than Vermont's.
Highest point
- North Carolina's highest point is Mount Mitchell at 6,674 feet (2,034 m); Vermont's is Mount Mansfield at 4,384 feet (1,336 m).
- Mount Mitchell is 2,290 feet higher than Mount Mansfield.
Lowest point
- North Carolina's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Vermont's is Lake Champlain at 95 feet.
- North Carolina's lowest point is 95 feet lower.
North Carolina vs Vermont Population and History
Population
- North Carolina has a population of 11,046,024 (2024), while Vermont has 648,493 (2024).
- North Carolina's population is 17.0 times larger than Vermont's.
Population density
- North Carolina: 227.2 people per square mile vs Vermont: 70.4.
- North Carolina's population density is 3.2 times (223%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest city
- North Carolina's biggest city is Charlotte with 943,476 people; Vermont's is Burlington with 44,432.
- Charlotte's population is 21.2 times larger than Burlington's.
Largest metro area
- North Carolina's largest metropolitan area is Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370 people) vs Vermont's Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area (229,445).
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's population is 12.6 times larger than Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area's.
History
- North Carolina: Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state.
- Vermont: Admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state.
- In its current form, North Carolina is the older of the two by 2 years.
North Carolina vs Vermont Economy
GDP
- North Carolina's GDP is $844.2 billion (2024) vs Vermont's $46.3 billion.
- North Carolina's economic output is 18.2 times larger than Vermont's.
GDP per capita
- North Carolina: $76,427 per person vs Vermont: $71,359.
- North Carolina's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Vermont's.
Average income
- North Carolina: $65,634 vs Vermont: $71,287 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Vermont's average income is 1.1 times (9%) higher than North Carolina's.
North Carolina vs Vermont Counties
Number of counties
- North Carolina has 100 counties, while Vermont has 14.
- North Carolina's county count is 7.1 times (614%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest county by area
- North Carolina's largest county is Robeson County at 947 square miles; Vermont's is Windsor County at 969 square miles.
- Robeson County and Windsor County have about the same land area.
Smallest county by area
- North Carolina: Chowan County (173 sq mi) vs Vermont: Grand Isle County (82 sq mi).
- Chowan County's land area is 2.1 times (111%) larger than Grand Isle County's.
Most populous county
- North Carolina: Wake County (1,232,444 people) vs Vermont: Chittenden County (170,851 people).
- Wake County's population is 7.2 times (621%) larger than Chittenden County's.
Least populous county
- North Carolina: Tyrrell County (3,517 people) vs Vermont: Essex County (6,037 people).
- Essex County's population is 1.7 times (72%) larger than Tyrrell County's.
Richest county
- North Carolina: Chatham County ($91,638 per capita income) vs Vermont: Chittenden County ($80,533).
- Chatham County's income is 1.1 times (14%) richer than Chittenden County's.
Poorest county
- North Carolina: Warren County ($40,932 per capita income) vs Vermont: Essex County ($50,712).
- Essex County's income is 1.2 times (24%) richer than Warren County's.
North Carolina vs Vermont Taxes
State income tax
- North Carolina has a top income tax rate of 3.99%, while Vermont has a top income tax rate of 8.75%.
- Vermont's top rate is 4.76 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- North Carolina: 0.61% effective rate vs Vermont: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Vermont's rate is 0.81 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- North Carolina: 7.1% combined state and average local rate vs Vermont: 6.43%.
- North Carolina's combined rate is 0.67 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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