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Vermont vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area
- Vermont has a land area of 9,217 square miles (23,873 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²).
- Wisconsin's land area is 5.9 times (488%) larger than Vermont's.
Total area
- Vermont: 9,615 square miles (24,903 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wisconsin's total area is 6.8 times (581%) larger than Vermont's.
Length
- Vermont is 165 miles (265 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km).
- Wisconsin's north-south length is 2.2 times (123%) longer than Vermont's.
Width
- Vermont spans 113 miles (181 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km).
- Wisconsin's east-west width is 2.9 times (186%) wider than Vermont's.
Highest point
- Vermont's highest point is Mount Mansfield at 4,384 feet (1,336 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m).
- Mount Mansfield is 2,438 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- Vermont's lowest point is Lake Champlain at 95 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet.
- Vermont's lowest point is 482 feet lower.
Vermont vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population
- Vermont has a population of 648,493 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024).
- Wisconsin's population is 9.2 times (819%) larger than Vermont's.
Population density
- Vermont: 70.4 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0.
- Wisconsin's population density is 1.6 times (56%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest city
- Vermont's biggest city is Burlington with 44,432 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531.
- Milwaukee's population is 12.7 times larger than Burlington's.
Largest metro area
- Vermont's largest metropolitan area is Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area (229,445 people) vs Wisconsin's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 16.4 times larger than Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area's.
History
- Vermont: Admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state.
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- In its current form, Vermont is the older of the two by 57 years.
Vermont vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP
- Vermont's GDP is $46.3 billion (2024) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion.
- Wisconsin's economic output is 9.8 times (879%) larger than Vermont's.
GDP per capita
- Vermont: $71,359 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044.
- Wisconsin's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Vermont's.
Average income
- Vermont: $71,287 vs Wisconsin: $67,755 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Vermont's average income is 1.1 times (5%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Vermont vs Wisconsin Counties
Number of counties
- Vermont has 14 counties, while Wisconsin has 72.
- Wisconsin's county count is 5.1 times (414%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest county by area
- Vermont's largest county is Windsor County at 969 square miles; Wisconsin's is Marathon County at 1,545 square miles.
- Marathon County's land area is 1.6 times (59%) larger than Windsor County's.
Smallest county by area
- Vermont: Grand Isle County (82 sq mi) vs Wisconsin: Pepin County (232 sq mi).
- Pepin County's land area is 2.8 times (184%) larger than Grand Isle County's.
Most populous county
- Vermont: Chittenden County (170,851 people) vs Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (924,740 people).
- Milwaukee County's population is 5.4 times (441%) larger than Chittenden County's.
Least populous county
- Vermont: Essex County (6,037 people) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County (4,286 people).
- Essex County's population is 1.4 times (41%) larger than Menominee County's.
Richest county
- Vermont: Chittenden County ($80,533 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Ozaukee County ($109,947).
- Ozaukee County's income is 1.4 times (37%) richer than Chittenden County's.
Poorest county
- Vermont: Essex County ($50,712 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County ($43,696).
- Essex County's income is 1.2 times (16%) richer than Menominee County's.
Vermont vs Wisconsin Taxes
State income tax
- Vermont has a top income tax rate of 8.75%, while Wisconsin has a top income tax rate of 7.65%.
- Vermont's top rate is 1.1 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Vermont: 1.42% effective rate vs Wisconsin: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Vermont's rate is 0.17 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Vermont: 6.43% combined state and average local rate vs Wisconsin: 5.72%.
- Vermont's combined rate is 0.71 percentage points higher.
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