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Texas vs Vermont Geography
Land area
- Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while Vermont has 9,217 square miles (23,873 km²).
- Texas' land area is 28.3 times larger than Vermont's.
Total area
- Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs Vermont: 9,615 square miles (24,903 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 27.9 times larger than Vermont's.
Length
- Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; Vermont is 165 miles (265 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 4.9 times (390%) longer than Vermont's.
Width
- Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; Vermont spans 113 miles (181 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 6.9 times (588%) wider than Vermont's.
Highest point
- Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); Vermont's is Mount Mansfield at 4,384 feet (1,336 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 4,346 feet higher than Mount Mansfield.
Lowest point
- Texas's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; Vermont's is Lake Champlain at 95 feet.
- Texas's lowest point is 95 feet lower.
Texas vs Vermont Population and History
Population
- Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while Vermont has 648,493 (2024).
- Texas' population is 48.3 times larger than Vermont's.
Population density
- Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs Vermont: 70.4.
- Texas' population density is 1.7 times (70%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest city
- Texas's biggest city is Houston with 2,390,125 people; Vermont's is Burlington with 44,432.
- Houston's population is 53.8 times larger than Burlington's.
Largest metro area
- Texas's largest metropolitan area is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032 people) vs Vermont's Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area (229,445).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 36.4 times larger than Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area's.
History
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th 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 54 years.
Texas vs Vermont Economy
GDP
- Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs Vermont's $46.3 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 59.8 times larger than Vermont's.
GDP per capita
- Texas: $88,517 per person vs Vermont: $71,359.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (24%) higher than Vermont's.
Average income
- Texas: $69,823 vs Vermont: $71,287 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas and Vermont have about the same average income.
Texas vs Vermont Counties
Number of counties
- Texas has 254 counties, while Vermont has 14.
- Texas' county count is 18.1 times higher than Vermont's.
Biggest county by area
- Texas's largest county is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles; Vermont's is Windsor County at 969 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 6.4 times (538%) larger than Windsor County's.
Smallest county by area
- Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi) vs Vermont: Grand Isle County (82 sq mi).
- Rockwall County's land area is 1.6 times (56%) larger than Grand Isle County's.
Most populous county
- Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people) vs Vermont: Chittenden County (170,851 people).
- Harris County's population is 29.3 times larger than Chittenden County's.
Least populous county
- Texas: Loving County (48 people) vs Vermont: Essex County (6,037 people).
- Essex County's population is 125.8 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Texas: Loving County ($220,625 per capita income) vs Vermont: Chittenden County ($80,533).
- Loving County's income is 2.7 times (174%) richer than Chittenden County's.
Poorest county
- Texas: Starr County ($34,180 per capita income) vs Vermont: Essex County ($50,712).
- Essex County's income is 1.5 times (48%) richer than Starr County's.
Texas vs Vermont Taxes
State income tax
- Texas has no state income tax, while Vermont has a top income tax rate of 8.75%.
- Vermont's top rate is 8.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Texas: 1.31% effective rate vs Vermont: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Vermont's rate is 0.11 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Texas: 8.2% combined state and average local rate vs Vermont: 6.43%.
- Texas's combined rate is 1.77 percentage points higher.
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