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United States vs Kansas Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Kansas has 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²).
- United States' land area is 43.2 times larger than Kansas'.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 46.2 times larger than Kansas'.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Kansas is 207 miles (334 km).
- United States' north-south length is 17.5 times longer than Kansas'.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km).
- United States' east-west width is 12.0 times wider than Kansas'.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Kansas's is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m).
- Denali is 16,268 feet higher than Mount Sunflower.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Kansas's is Verdigris River at 679 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 958 feet lower.
United States vs Kansas Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Kansas has 2,970,606 (2024).
- United States' population is 114.5 times larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Kansas: 36.3.
- United States' population density is 2.7 times (165%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Kansas's is Wichita with 400,991.
- New York's population is 21.1 times larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- United States's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Kansas's Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 8.8 times (785%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 85 years.
United States vs Kansas Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Kansas's $230.5 billion.
- United States' economic output is 133.5 times larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Kansas: $77,601.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (15%) higher than Kansas'.
Official Websites
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