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United States vs Arkansas Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Arkansas has 51,992 square miles (134,658 km²).
- United States' land area is 68.0 times larger than Arkansas'.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Arkansas: 53,198 square miles (137,781 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 71.5 times larger than Arkansas'.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Arkansas is 243 miles (392 km).
- United States' north-south length is 14.9 times longer than Arkansas'.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Arkansas spans 279 miles (449 km).
- United States' east-west width is 17.3 times wider than Arkansas'.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Arkansas's is Mount Magazine at 2,752 feet (839 m).
- Denali is 17,556 feet higher than Mount Magazine.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Arkansas's is Ouachita River at 55 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 334 feet lower.
United States vs Arkansas Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Arkansas has 3,088,354 (2024).
- United States' population is 110.1 times larger than Arkansas'.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Arkansas: 59.4.
- United States' population density is 1.6 times (62%) higher than Arkansas'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Arkansas's is Little Rock with 204,774.
- New York's population is 41.4 times larger than Little Rock'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 Arkansas's Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 14.9 times larger than Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Arkansas: Admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, as the 25th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 60 years.
United States vs Arkansas Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Arkansas's $188.3 billion.
- United States' economic output is 163.4 times larger than Arkansas'.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Arkansas: $60,984.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.5 times (47%) higher than Arkansas'.
Official Websites
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