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United States vs Ohio Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Ohio has 40,859 square miles (105,824 km²).
- United States' land area is 86.5 times larger than Ohio's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Ohio: 44,826 square miles (116,098 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 84.8 times larger than Ohio's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Ohio is 291 miles (468 km).
- United States' north-south length is 12.5 times longer than Ohio's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Ohio spans 317 miles (510 km).
- United States' east-west width is 15.2 times wider than Ohio's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Ohio's is Campbell Hill at 1,547 feet (472 m).
- Denali is 18,761 feet higher than Campbell Hill.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Ohio's is Ohio River at 455 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 734 feet lower.
United States vs Ohio Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Ohio has 11,883,304 (2024).
- United States' population is 28.6 times larger than Ohio's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Ohio: 290.8.
- Ohio's population density is 3.0 times (202%) higher than United States'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Ohio's is Columbus with 933,263.
- New York's population is 9.1 times (808%) larger than Columbus'.
Largest metro area
- United States's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Ohio's Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area (2,302,815).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 8.7 times (766%) larger than Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Ohio: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, as the 17th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 27 years.
United States vs Ohio Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Ohio's $923.1 billion.
- United States' economic output is 33.3 times larger than Ohio's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Ohio: $77,684.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (15%) higher than Ohio's.
Official Websites
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