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United States vs Mississippi Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Mississippi has 46,925 square miles (121,534 km²).
- United States' land area is 75.3 times larger than Mississippi's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Mississippi: 48,436 square miles (125,448 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 78.5 times larger than Mississippi's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Mississippi is 337 miles (542 km).
- United States' north-south length is 10.8 times longer than Mississippi's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Mississippi spans 340 miles (547 km).
- United States' east-west width is 14.2 times wider than Mississippi's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Mississippi's is Woodall Mountain at 805 feet (245 m).
- Denali is 19,503 feet higher than Woodall Mountain.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Mississippi's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Mississippi Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Mississippi has 2,943,045 (2024).
- United States' population is 115.6 times larger than Mississippi's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Mississippi: 62.7.
- United States' population density is 1.5 times (54%) higher than Mississippi's.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Mississippi's is Jackson with 141,449.
- New York's population is 59.9 times larger than Jackson'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 Mississippi's Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 14.9 times larger than Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Mississippi: Admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, as the 20th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 41 years.
United States vs Mississippi Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Mississippi's $158.2 billion.
- United States' economic output is 194.5 times larger than Mississippi's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Mississippi: $53,751.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.7 times (67%) higher than Mississippi's.
Official Websites
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