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United States vs Missouri Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Missouri has 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²).
- United States' land area is 51.4 times larger than Missouri's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 54.6 times larger than Missouri's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Missouri is 328 miles (529 km).
- United States' north-south length is 11.1 times longer than Missouri's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km).
- United States' east-west width is 11.0 times wider than Missouri's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Missouri's is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m).
- Denali is 18,537 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Missouri's is St. Francis River at 230 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 509 feet lower.
United States vs Missouri Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Missouri has 6,245,466 (2024).
- United States' population is 54.5 times larger than Missouri's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Missouri: 90.8.
- United States' population density is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Missouri's.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Missouri's is Kansas City with 516,032.
- New York's population is 16.4 times larger than Kansas City'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 Missouri's St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 7.1 times (609%) larger than St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 45 years.
United States vs Missouri Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Missouri's $448.7 billion.
- United States' economic output is 68.6 times larger than Missouri's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Missouri: $71,846.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (25%) higher than Missouri's.
Official Websites
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