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United States vs Alabama Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Alabama has 50,651 square miles (131,185 km²).
- United States' land area is 69.8 times larger than Alabama's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Alabama: 52,420 square miles (135,767 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 72.5 times larger than Alabama's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Alabama is 331 miles (532 km).
- United States' north-south length is 11.0 times longer than Alabama's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Alabama spans 212 miles (341 km).
- United States' east-west width is 22.8 times wider than Alabama's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Alabama's is Cheaha Mountain at 2,405 feet (733 m).
- Denali is 17,903 feet higher than Cheaha Mountain.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Alabama's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Alabama Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Alabama has 5,157,699 (2024).
- United States' population is 65.9 times larger than Alabama's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Alabama: 101.8.
- Alabama's population density is 1.1 times (6%) higher than United States'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Alabama's is Huntsville with 230,402.
- New York's population is 36.8 times larger than Huntsville'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 Alabama's Birmingham, AL metro area (1,192,583).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 16.7 times larger than Birmingham, AL metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Alabama: Admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819, as the 22nd state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 43 years.
United States vs Alabama Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Alabama's $325.3 billion.
- United States' economic output is 94.6 times larger than Alabama's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Alabama: $63,080.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.4 times (42%) higher than Alabama's.
Official Websites
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