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United States vs Virginia Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Virginia has 39,481 square miles (102,256 km²).
- United States' land area is 89.5 times larger than Virginia's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Virginia: 42,775 square miles (110,786 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 88.9 times larger than Virginia's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Virginia is 223 miles (359 km).
- United States' north-south length is 16.3 times longer than Virginia's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Virginia spans 466 miles (750 km).
- United States' east-west width is 10.4 times wider than Virginia's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Virginia's is Mount Rogers at 5,729 feet (1,746 m).
- Denali is 14,579 feet higher than Mount Rogers.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Virginia's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Virginia Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Virginia has 8,811,195 (2024).
- United States' population is 38.6 times larger than Virginia's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Virginia: 223.2.
- Virginia's population density is 2.3 times (132%) higher than United States'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Virginia's is Virginia Beach with 454,808.
- New York's population is 18.6 times larger than Virginia Beach'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 Virginia's Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 3.1 times (210%) larger than Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Virginia: Admitted to the Union on June 25, 1788, as the 10th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 12 years.
United States vs Virginia Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Virginia's $761.7 billion.
- United States' economic output is 40.4 times larger than Virginia's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Virginia: $86,451.
- United States and Virginia have about the same GDP per capita.
Official Websites
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