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Arkansas vs US Virgin Islands Geography
Land area
- Arkansas has a land area of 51,992 square miles (134,658 km²), while US Virgin Islands has 134 square miles (346 km²).
- Arkansas' land area is 389.2 times larger than US Virgin Islands'.
Total area
- Arkansas: 53,198 square miles (137,781 km²) vs US Virgin Islands: 737 square miles (1,910 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Arkansas' total area is 72.1 times larger than US Virgin Islands'.
Length
- Arkansas is 243 miles (392 km) long from north to south; US Virgin Islands is 47 miles (76 km).
- Arkansas' north-south length is 5.2 times (417%) longer than US Virgin Islands'.
Width
- Arkansas spans 279 miles (449 km) east to west; US Virgin Islands spans 52 miles (83 km).
- Arkansas' east-west width is 5.4 times (437%) wider than US Virgin Islands'.
Highest point
- Arkansas's highest point is Mount Magazine at 2,752 feet (839 m); US Virgin Islands's is Crown Mountain at 1,555 feet (474 m).
- Mount Magazine is 1,197 feet higher than Crown Mountain.
Lowest point
- Arkansas's lowest point is Ouachita River at 55 feet; US Virgin Islands's is Caribbean Sea at 0 feet.
- US Virgin Islands's lowest point is 55 feet lower.
Arkansas vs US Virgin Islands Population and History
Population
- Arkansas has a population of 3,088,354 (2024), while US Virgin Islands has 87,146 (2020).
- Arkansas' population is 35.4 times larger than US Virgin Islands'.
Population density
- Arkansas: 59.4 people per square mile vs US Virgin Islands: 650.3.
- US Virgin Islands' population density is 10.9 times higher than Arkansas'.
History
- Arkansas: Admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, as the 25th state.
- US Virgin Islands: A US territory since 1917, purchased from Denmark.
- In its current form, Arkansas is the older of the two by 81 years.
Official Websites
Arkansas official website · US Virgin Islands official website
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