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Pennsylvania vs Vermont Geography
Land area
- Pennsylvania has a land area of 44,742 square miles (115,882 km²), while Vermont has 9,217 square miles (23,873 km²).
- Pennsylvania's land area is 4.9 times (385%) larger than Vermont's.
Total area
- Pennsylvania: 46,054 square miles (119,279 km²) vs Vermont: 9,615 square miles (24,903 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Pennsylvania's total area is 4.8 times (379%) larger than Vermont's.
Length
- Pennsylvania is 284 miles (458 km) long from north to south; Vermont is 165 miles (265 km).
- Pennsylvania's north-south length is 1.7 times (72%) longer than Vermont's.
Width
- Pennsylvania spans 307 miles (495 km) east to west; Vermont spans 113 miles (181 km).
- Pennsylvania's east-west width is 2.7 times (172%) wider than Vermont's.
Highest point
- Pennsylvania's highest point is Mount Davis at 3,210 feet (978 m); Vermont's is Mount Mansfield at 4,384 feet (1,336 m).
- Mount Mansfield is 1,174 feet higher than Mount Davis.
Lowest point
- Pennsylvania's lowest point is Delaware River at 0 feet; Vermont's is Lake Champlain at 95 feet.
- Pennsylvania's lowest point is 95 feet lower.
Pennsylvania vs Vermont Population and History
Population
- Pennsylvania has a population of 13,078,751 (2024), while Vermont has 648,493 (2024).
- Pennsylvania's population is 20.2 times larger than Vermont's.
Population density
- Pennsylvania: 292.3 people per square mile vs Vermont: 70.4.
- Pennsylvania's population density is 4.2 times (315%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest city
- Pennsylvania's biggest city is Philadelphia with 1,573,916 people; Vermont's is Burlington with 44,432.
- Philadelphia's population is 35.4 times larger than Burlington's.
Largest metro area
- Pennsylvania's largest metropolitan area is Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422 people) vs Vermont's Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area (229,445).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 27.6 times larger than Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area's.
History
- Pennsylvania: Admitted to the Union on December 12, 1787, as the 2nd state.
- Vermont: Admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state.
- In its current form, Pennsylvania is the older of the two by 4 years.
Pennsylvania vs Vermont Economy
GDP
- Pennsylvania's GDP is $1,007.9 billion (2024) vs Vermont's $46.3 billion.
- Pennsylvania's economic output is 21.8 times larger than Vermont's.
GDP per capita
- Pennsylvania: $77,062 per person vs Vermont: $71,359.
- Pennsylvania's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Vermont's.
Average income
- Pennsylvania: $70,678 vs Vermont: $71,287 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Pennsylvania and Vermont have about the same average income.
Pennsylvania vs Vermont Counties
Number of counties
- Pennsylvania has 67 counties, while Vermont has 14.
- Pennsylvania's county count is 4.8 times (379%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest county by area
- Pennsylvania's largest county is Lycoming County at 1,229 square miles; Vermont's is Windsor County at 969 square miles.
- Lycoming County's land area is 1.3 times (27%) larger than Windsor County's.
Smallest county by area
- Pennsylvania: Montour County (130 sq mi) vs Vermont: Grand Isle County (82 sq mi).
- Montour County's land area is 1.6 times (59%) larger than Grand Isle County's.
Most populous county
- Pennsylvania: Philadelphia County (1,573,916 people) vs Vermont: Chittenden County (170,851 people).
- Philadelphia County's population is 9.2 times (821%) larger than Chittenden County's.
Least populous county
- Pennsylvania: Cameron County (4,348 people) vs Vermont: Essex County (6,037 people).
- Essex County's population is 1.4 times (39%) larger than Cameron County's.
Richest county
- Pennsylvania: Chester County ($110,883 per capita income) vs Vermont: Chittenden County ($80,533).
- Chester County's income is 1.4 times (38%) richer than Chittenden County's.
Poorest county
- Pennsylvania: Forest County ($30,234 per capita income) vs Vermont: Essex County ($50,712).
- Essex County's income is 1.7 times (68%) richer than Forest County's.
Pennsylvania vs Vermont Taxes
State income tax
- Pennsylvania has a top income tax rate of 3.07%, while Vermont has a top income tax rate of 8.75%.
- Vermont's top rate is 5.68 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Pennsylvania: 1.16% effective rate vs Vermont: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Vermont's rate is 0.26 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Pennsylvania: 6.34% combined state and average local rate vs Vermont: 6.43%.
- Vermont's combined rate is 0.09 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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