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United States vs Connecticut Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Connecticut has 4,843 square miles (12,542 km²).
- United States' land area is 729.7 times larger than Connecticut's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Connecticut: 5,544 square miles (14,358 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 686.0 times larger than Connecticut's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Connecticut is 73 miles (118 km).
- United States' north-south length is 49.7 times longer than Connecticut's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Connecticut spans 104 miles (167 km).
- United States' east-west width is 46.4 times wider than Connecticut's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Connecticut's is Mount Frissell (south slope) at 2,376 feet (724 m).
- Denali is 17,932 feet higher than Mount Frissell (south slope).
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Connecticut's is Long Island Sound at 0 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Connecticut Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Connecticut has 3,675,069 (2024).
- United States' population is 92.5 times larger than Connecticut's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Connecticut: 758.9.
- Connecticut's population density is 7.9 times (688%) higher than United States'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Connecticut's is Bridgeport with 151,599.
- New York's population is 55.9 times larger than Bridgeport'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 Connecticut's Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area (1,169,048).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 17.1 times larger than Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Connecticut: Admitted to the Union on January 9, 1788, as the 5th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 12 years.
United States vs Connecticut Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Connecticut's $356.8 billion.
- United States' economic output is 86.2 times larger than Connecticut's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Connecticut: $97,096.
- Connecticut's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than United States'.
Official Websites
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