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United States vs Minnesota Geography
Land area: United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Minnesota has 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²). United States' land area is 44.4 times larger than Minnesota's.
Total area: United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²), including inland and coastal water. United States' total area is 43.7 times larger than Minnesota's.
Length: United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km). United States' north-south length is 8.9 times (789%) longer than Minnesota's.
Width: United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km). United States' east-west width is 13.4 times wider than Minnesota's.
Highest point: United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Minnesota's is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m). Denali is 18,016 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point: United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Minnesota's is Lake Superior at 601 feet. United States's lowest point is 880 feet lower.
United States vs Minnesota Population and History
Population: United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Minnesota has 5,793,151 (2024). United States' population is 58.7 times larger than Minnesota's.
Population density: United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Minnesota: 72.7. United States' population density is 1.3 times (32%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest city: United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Minnesota's is Minneapolis with 428,579. New York's population is 19.8 times larger than Minneapolis'.
Largest metro area: United States's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Minnesota's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952). New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 5.3 times (431%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History: United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776. Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state. In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 82 years.
United States vs Minnesota Economy
GDP: United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Minnesota's $507.7 billion. United States' economic output is 60.6 times larger than Minnesota's.
GDP per capita: United States: $89,599 per person vs Minnesota: $87,636. United States and Minnesota have about the same GDP per capita.
Official Websites
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Area, elevation and boundary figures come from official national statistics and US Census Bureau and Natural Earth boundary data; US state population, economic, county and tax figures come from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Tax Foundation. Figures are rounded and for general reference.