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United States vs Kentucky Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Kentucky has 39,485 square miles (102,267 km²).
- United States' land area is 89.5 times larger than Kentucky's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Kentucky: 40,406 square miles (104,651 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 94.1 times larger than Kentucky's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Kentucky is 257 miles (414 km).
- United States' north-south length is 14.1 times longer than Kentucky's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Kentucky spans 418 miles (672 km).
- United States' east-west width is 11.5 times wider than Kentucky's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Kentucky's is Black Mountain at 4,134 feet (1,260 m).
- Denali is 16,174 feet higher than Black Mountain.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Kentucky's is Mississippi River at 270 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 549 feet lower.
United States vs Kentucky Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Kentucky has 4,588,372 (2024).
- United States' population is 74.1 times larger than Kentucky's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Kentucky: 116.2.
- Kentucky's population density is 1.2 times (21%) higher than United States'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Kentucky's is Louisville with 640,796.
- New York's population is 13.2 times larger than Louisville'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 Kentucky's Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area (2,302,815).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 8.7 times (766%) larger than Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Kentucky: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1792, as the 15th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 16 years.
United States vs Kentucky Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Kentucky's $295.4 billion.
- United States' economic output is 104.2 times larger than Kentucky's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Kentucky: $64,375.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.4 times (39%) higher than Kentucky's.
Official Websites
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