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United States vs Delaware Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Delaware has 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²).
- United States' land area is 1,813.3 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 1,527.9 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Delaware is 98 miles (158 km).
- United States' north-south length is 37.0 times longer than Delaware's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km).
- United States' east-west width is 50.3 times wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Delaware's is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m).
- Denali is 19,858 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Delaware's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Delaware Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Delaware has 1,051,917 (2024).
- United States' population is 323.3 times larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Delaware: 539.9.
- Delaware's population density is 5.6 times (461%) higher than United States'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Delaware's is Wilmington with 73,176.
- New York's population is 115.9 times larger than Wilmington'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 Delaware's Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 3.1 times (215%) larger than Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 11 years.
United States vs Delaware Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Delaware's $111.0 billion.
- United States' economic output is 277.2 times larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Delaware: $105,495.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (18%) higher than United States'.
Official Websites
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