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United States vs Louisiana Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Louisiana has 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²).
- United States' land area is 81.8 times larger than Louisiana's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 72.6 times larger than Louisiana's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km).
- United States' north-south length is 12.1 times longer than Louisiana's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km).
- United States' east-west width is 13.6 times wider than Louisiana's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Louisiana's is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m).
- Denali is 19,775 feet higher than Driskill Mountain.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Louisiana's is New Orleans at -8 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 271 feet lower.
United States vs Louisiana Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Louisiana has 4,597,740 (2024).
- United States' population is 74.0 times larger than Louisiana's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Louisiana: 106.4.
- Louisiana's population density is 1.1 times (10%) higher than United States'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Louisiana's is New Orleans with 362,701.
- New York's population is 23.4 times larger than New Orleans'.
Largest metro area
- United States's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Louisiana's New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 20.6 times larger than New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 36 years.
United States vs Louisiana Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Louisiana's $329.2 billion.
- United States' economic output is 93.5 times larger than Louisiana's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Louisiana: $71,594.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.3 times (25%) higher than Louisiana's.
Official Websites
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