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United States vs Rhode Island Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Rhode Island has 1,034 square miles (2,678 km²).
- United States' land area is 3,417.3 times larger than Rhode Island's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Rhode Island: 1,545 square miles (4,002 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 2,461.1 times larger than Rhode Island's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Rhode Island is 61 miles (98 km).
- United States' north-south length is 59.5 times longer than Rhode Island's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Rhode Island spans 42 miles (67 km).
- United States' east-west width is 114.9 times wider than Rhode Island's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Rhode Island's is Jerimoth Hill at 811 feet (247 m).
- Denali is 19,497 feet higher than Jerimoth Hill.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Rhode Island's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Rhode Island Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Rhode Island has 1,112,308 (2024).
- United States' population is 305.8 times larger than Rhode Island's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Rhode Island: 1,075.8.
- Rhode Island's population density is 11.2 times higher than United States'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Rhode Island's is Providence with 194,706.
- New York's population is 43.5 times larger than Providence'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 Rhode Island's Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area (1,700,901).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 11.7 times larger than Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Rhode Island: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1790, as the 13th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 14 years.
United States vs Rhode Island Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Rhode Island's $80.4 billion.
- United States' economic output is 382.7 times larger than Rhode Island's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Rhode Island: $72,265.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (24%) higher than Rhode Island's.
Official Websites
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