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California vs Manitoba Geography
Land area
- California has a land area of 155,859 square miles (403,673 km²), while Manitoba has 213,729 square miles (553,556 km²).
- Manitoba's land area is 1.4 times (37%) larger than California's.
Total area
- California: 163,694 square miles (423,965 km²) vs Manitoba: 250,116 square miles (647,797 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Manitoba's total area is 1.5 times (53%) larger than California's.
Length
- California is 761 miles (1,224 km) long from north to south; Manitoba is 767 miles (1,234 km).
- California and Manitoba have about the same north-south length.
Width
- California spans 706 miles (1,137 km) east to west; Manitoba spans 516 miles (831 km).
- California's east-west width is 1.4 times (37%) wider than Manitoba's.
Highest point
- California's highest point is Mount Whitney at 14,484 feet (4,415 m); Manitoba's is Baldy Mountain at 2,730 feet (832 m).
- Mount Whitney is 11,754 feet higher than Baldy Mountain.
Lowest point
- California's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Manitoba's is Hudson Bay at 0 feet.
- California's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
California vs Manitoba Population and History
Population
- California has a population of 39,431,263 (2024), while Manitoba has 1,505,117 (2026).
- California's population is 26.2 times larger than Manitoba's.
Population density
- California: 253.0 people per square mile vs Manitoba: 7.0.
- California's population density is 36.1 times higher than Manitoba's.
Biggest city
- California's biggest city is Los Angeles with 3,878,704 people; Manitoba's is Winnipeg with 749,607.
- Los Angeles' population is 5.2 times (417%) larger than Winnipeg's.
Largest metro area
- California's largest metropolitan area is Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area (12,927,614 people) vs Manitoba's Winnipeg CMA (834,678).
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area's population is 15.5 times larger than Winnipeg CMA's.
History
- California: Admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850, as the 31st state.
- Manitoba: Joined Confederation on July 15, 1870.
- In its current form, California is the older of the two by 20 years.
California vs Manitoba Economy
GDP
- California's GDP is $4,048.1 billion (2024) vs Manitoba's $70.2 billion.
- California's economic output is 57.7 times larger than Manitoba's.
GDP per capita
- California: $102,662 per person vs Manitoba: $47,034.
- California's GDP per capita is 2.2 times (118%) higher than Manitoba's.
Official Websites
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