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United States vs Nebraska Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Nebraska has 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²).
- United States' land area is 46.0 times larger than Nebraska's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 49.2 times larger than Nebraska's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km).
- United States' north-south length is 7.3 times (630%) longer than Nebraska's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km).
- United States' east-west width is 10.4 times wider than Nebraska's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Nebraska's is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m).
- Denali is 14,880 feet higher than Panorama Point.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Nebraska's is Missouri River at 840 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 1,119 feet lower.
United States vs Nebraska Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Nebraska has 2,005,465 (2024).
- United States' population is 169.6 times larger than Nebraska's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Nebraska: 26.1.
- United States' population density is 3.7 times (269%) higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Nebraska's is Omaha with 489,265.
- New York's population is 17.3 times larger than Omaha'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 Nebraska's Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 19.9 times larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 91 years.
United States vs Nebraska Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Nebraska's $189.2 billion.
- United States' economic output is 162.6 times larger than Nebraska's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Nebraska: $94,363.
- Nebraska's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (5%) higher than United States'.
Official Websites
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