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United States vs New Mexico Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while New Mexico has 121,313 square miles (314,198 km²).
- United States' land area is 29.1 times larger than New Mexico's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs New Mexico: 121,593 square miles (314,925 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 31.3 times larger than New Mexico's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; New Mexico is 395 miles (635 km).
- United States' north-south length is 9.2 times (818%) longer than New Mexico's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; New Mexico spans 498 miles (801 km).
- United States' east-west width is 9.7 times (869%) wider than New Mexico's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); New Mexico's is Wheeler Peak at 13,150 feet (4,008 m).
- Denali is 7,158 feet higher than Wheeler Peak.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; New Mexico's is Red Bluff Reservoir at 2,842 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 3,121 feet lower.
United States vs New Mexico Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while New Mexico has 2,130,256 (2024).
- United States' population is 159.7 times larger than New Mexico's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs New Mexico: 17.6.
- United States' population density is 5.5 times (447%) higher than New Mexico's.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; New Mexico's is Albuquerque with 560,326.
- New York's population is 15.1 times larger than Albuquerque'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 New Mexico's Albuquerque, NM metro area (926,303).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 21.5 times larger than Albuquerque, NM metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- New Mexico: Admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912, as the 47th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 136 years.
United States vs New Mexico Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs New Mexico's $147.1 billion.
- United States' economic output is 209.2 times larger than New Mexico's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs New Mexico: $69,046.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.3 times (30%) higher than New Mexico's.
Official Websites
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