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United States vs Utah Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Utah has 82,596 square miles (213,922 km²).
- United States' land area is 42.8 times larger than Utah's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Utah: 84,898 square miles (219,885 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 44.8 times larger than Utah's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Utah is 436 miles (702 km).
- United States' north-south length is 8.3 times (732%) longer than Utah's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Utah spans 268 miles (431 km).
- United States' east-west width is 18.0 times wider than Utah's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Utah's is Kings Peak at 13,512 feet (4,118 m).
- Denali is 6,796 feet higher than Kings Peak.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Utah's is Beaver Dam Wash at 2,180 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 2,459 feet lower.
United States vs Utah Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Utah has 3,503,613 (2024).
- United States' population is 97.1 times larger than Utah's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Utah: 42.4.
- United States' population density is 2.3 times (127%) higher than Utah's.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Utah's is Salt Lake City with 217,783.
- New York's population is 38.9 times larger than Salt Lake City'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 Utah's Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (1,300,762).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 15.3 times larger than Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Utah: Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 120 years.
United States vs Utah Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Utah's $299.5 billion.
- United States' economic output is 102.7 times larger than Utah's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Utah: $85,475.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.0 times (5%) higher than Utah's.
Official Websites
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