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Nebraska vs Puerto Rico Geography
Land area
- Nebraska has a land area of 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²), while Puerto Rico has 3,424 square miles (8,868 km²).
- Nebraska's land area is 22.4 times larger than Puerto Rico's.
Total area
- Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²) vs Puerto Rico: 3,515 square miles (9,104 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nebraska's total area is 22.0 times larger than Puerto Rico's.
Length
- Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km) long from north to south; Puerto Rico is 67 miles (107 km).
- Nebraska's north-south length is 7.4 times (642%) longer than Puerto Rico's.
Width
- Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km) east to west; Puerto Rico spans 174 miles (279 km).
- Nebraska's east-west width is 2.7 times (167%) wider than Puerto Rico's.
Highest point
- Nebraska's highest point is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m); Puerto Rico's is Cerro de Punta at 4,390 feet (1,338 m).
- Panorama Point is 1,038 feet higher than Cerro de Punta.
Lowest point
- Nebraska's lowest point is Missouri River at 840 feet; Puerto Rico's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Puerto Rico's lowest point is 840 feet lower.
Nebraska vs Puerto Rico Population and History
Population
- Nebraska has a population of 2,005,465 (2024), while Puerto Rico has 3,285,874 (2020).
- Puerto Rico's population is 1.6 times (64%) larger than Nebraska's.
Population density
- Nebraska: 26.1 people per square mile vs Puerto Rico: 959.7.
- Puerto Rico's population density is 36.8 times higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- Nebraska's biggest city is Omaha with 489,265 people; Puerto Rico's is San Juan with 342,259.
- Omaha's population is 1.4 times (43%) larger than San Juan's.
Largest metro area
- Nebraska's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs Puerto Rico's San Juan metro area (2,233,177).
- San Juan metro area's population is 2.2 times (123%) larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th state.
- Puerto Rico: A US territory since 1898; a commonwealth since 1952.
- In its current form, Nebraska is the older of the two by 31 years.
Nebraska vs Puerto Rico Economy
GDP
- Nebraska's GDP is $189.2 billion (2024) vs Puerto Rico's $129.0 billion.
- Nebraska's economic output is 1.5 times (47%) larger than Puerto Rico's.
GDP per capita
- Nebraska: $94,363 per person vs Puerto Rico: $40,650.
- Nebraska's GDP per capita is 2.3 times (132%) higher than Puerto Rico's.
Official Websites
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