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United States vs Minnesota Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Minnesota has 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²).
- United States' land area is 44.4 times larger than Minnesota's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 43.7 times larger than Minnesota's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km).
- United States' north-south length is 8.9 times (789%) longer than Minnesota's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km).
- United States' east-west width is 13.4 times wider than Minnesota's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Minnesota's is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m).
- Denali is 18,016 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Minnesota's is Lake Superior at 601 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 880 feet lower.
United States vs Minnesota Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Minnesota has 5,793,151 (2024).
- United States' population is 58.7 times larger than Minnesota's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Minnesota: 72.7.
- United States' population density is 1.3 times (32%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Minnesota's is Minneapolis with 428,579.
- New York's population is 19.8 times larger than Minneapolis'.
Largest metro area
- United States's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Minnesota's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 5.3 times (431%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 82 years.
United States vs Minnesota Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Minnesota's $507.7 billion.
- United States' economic output is 60.6 times larger than Minnesota's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Minnesota: $87,636.
- United States and Minnesota have about the same GDP per capita.
Official Websites
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