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United States vs North Dakota Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while North Dakota has 68,994 square miles (178,694 km²).
- United States' land area is 51.2 times larger than North Dakota's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs North Dakota: 70,699 square miles (183,109 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 53.8 times larger than North Dakota's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; North Dakota is 338 miles (544 km).
- United States' north-south length is 10.7 times longer than North Dakota's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; North Dakota spans 408 miles (657 km).
- United States' east-west width is 11.8 times wider than North Dakota's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); North Dakota's is White Butte at 3,500 feet (1,067 m).
- Denali is 16,808 feet higher than White Butte.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; North Dakota's is Red River of the North at 754 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 1,033 feet lower.
United States vs North Dakota Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while North Dakota has 796,568 (2024).
- United States' population is 427.0 times larger than North Dakota's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs North Dakota: 11.5.
- United States' population density is 8.4 times (737%) higher than North Dakota's.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; North Dakota's is Fargo with 136,285.
- New York's population is 62.2 times larger than Fargo'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 North Dakota's Fargo, ND-MN metro area (267,793).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 74.5 times larger than Fargo, ND-MN metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- North Dakota: Admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, as the 39th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 113 years.
United States vs North Dakota Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs North Dakota's $80.1 billion.
- United States' economic output is 384.1 times larger than North Dakota's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs North Dakota: $100,504.
- North Dakota's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (12%) higher than United States'.
Official Websites
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