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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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Area, elevation and boundary figures come from official national statistics and US Census Bureau and Natural Earth boundary data; US state population, economic, county and tax figures come from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Tax Foundation. Figures are rounded and for general reference.