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United States vs Indiana Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Indiana has 35,825 square miles (92,787 km²).
- United States' land area is 98.6 times larger than Indiana's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Indiana: 36,421 square miles (94,331 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 104.4 times larger than Indiana's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Indiana is 276 miles (444 km).
- United States' north-south length is 13.1 times longer than Indiana's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Indiana spans 193 miles (310 km).
- United States' east-west width is 25.0 times wider than Indiana's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Indiana's is Hoosier Hill at 1,255 feet (383 m).
- Denali is 19,053 feet higher than Hoosier Hill.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Indiana's is Ohio River at 330 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 609 feet lower.
United States vs Indiana Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Indiana has 6,924,275 (2024).
- United States' population is 49.1 times larger than Indiana's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Indiana: 193.3.
- Indiana's population density is 2.0 times (101%) higher than United States'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Indiana's is Indianapolis with 891,484.
- New York's population is 9.5 times (851%) larger than Indianapolis'.
Largest metro area
- United States's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Indiana's Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area (9,408,576).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 2.1 times (112%) larger than Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Indiana: Admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816, as the 19th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 40 years.
United States vs Indiana Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Indiana's $519.5 billion.
- United States' economic output is 59.2 times larger than Indiana's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Indiana: $75,028.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (19%) higher than Indiana's.
Official Websites
United States official website · Indiana official website
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