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United States vs Massachusetts Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Massachusetts has 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²).
- United States' land area is 453.0 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 360.3 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km).
- United States' north-south length is 29.5 times longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km).
- United States' east-west width is 26.1 times wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Massachusetts's is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m).
- Denali is 16,819 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Massachusetts's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Massachusetts Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Massachusetts has 7,136,171 (2024).
- United States' population is 47.7 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Massachusetts: 914.8.
- Massachusetts' population density is 9.5 times (850%) higher than United States'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Massachusetts's is Boston with 673,458.
- New York's population is 12.6 times larger than Boston'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 Massachusetts's Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 4.0 times (297%) larger than Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 12 years.
United States vs Massachusetts Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Massachusetts's $778.5 billion.
- United States' economic output is 39.5 times larger than Massachusetts'.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Massachusetts: $109,095.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (22%) higher than United States'.
Official Websites
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