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United States vs Florida Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Florida has 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²).
- United States' land area is 65.9 times larger than Florida's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 53.3 times larger than Florida's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Florida is 471 miles (758 km).
- United States' north-south length is 7.7 times (670%) longer than Florida's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Florida spans 547 miles (880 km).
- United States' east-west width is 8.8 times (782%) wider than Florida's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Florida's is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m).
- Denali is 19,964 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Florida's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Florida Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Florida has 23,372,215 (2024).
- United States' population is 14.6 times larger than Florida's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Florida: 435.6.
- Florida's population density is 4.5 times (352%) higher than United States'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Florida's is Jacksonville with 1,009,833.
- New York's population is 8.4 times (740%) larger than Jacksonville'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 Florida's Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 3.1 times (209%) larger than Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 69 years.
United States vs Florida Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Florida's $1,726.7 billion.
- United States' economic output is 17.8 times larger than Florida's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Florida: $73,879.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (21%) higher than Florida's.
Official Websites
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