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United States vs Nevada Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Nevada has 109,860 square miles (284,537 km²).
- United States' land area is 32.2 times larger than Nevada's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Nevada: 110,571 square miles (286,377 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 34.4 times larger than Nevada's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Nevada is 484 miles (780 km).
- United States' north-south length is 7.5 times (650%) longer than Nevada's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Nevada spans 469 miles (755 km).
- United States' east-west width is 10.3 times wider than Nevada's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Nevada's is Boundary Peak at 13,115 feet (3,997 m).
- Denali is 7,193 feet higher than Boundary Peak.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Nevada's is Colorado River at 481 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 760 feet lower.
United States vs Nevada Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Nevada has 3,267,467 (2024).
- United States' population is 104.1 times larger than Nevada's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Nevada: 29.7.
- United States' population density is 3.2 times (224%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Nevada's is Las Vegas with 678,922.
- New York's population is 12.5 times larger than Las Vegas'.
Largest metro area
- United States's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Nevada's Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 8.3 times (731%) larger than Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Nevada: Admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 88 years.
United States vs Nevada Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Nevada's $269.0 billion.
- United States' economic output is 114.4 times larger than Nevada's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Nevada: $82,330.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Nevada's.
Official Websites
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