Vermont is about 8 times smaller than Nebraska.

Nebraska is approximately 199,099 sq km, while Vermont is approximately 23,956 sq km, making Vermont 12.03% the size of Nebraska. Meanwhile, the population of Nebraska is ~1.8 million people (1.2 million fewer people live in Vermont).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nebraska vs. Vermont uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.