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United States vs Washington Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Washington has 66,455 square miles (172,119 km²).
- United States' land area is 53.2 times larger than Washington's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Washington: 71,301 square miles (184,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 53.3 times larger than Washington's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Washington is 238 miles (383 km).
- United States' north-south length is 15.2 times longer than Washington's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Washington spans 399 miles (641 km).
- United States' east-west width is 12.1 times wider than Washington's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Washington's is Mount Rainier at 14,409 feet (4,392 m).
- Denali is 5,899 feet higher than Mount Rainier.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Washington's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Washington Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Washington has 7,958,180 (2024).
- United States' population is 42.7 times larger than Washington's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Washington: 119.8.
- Washington's population density is 1.2 times (24%) higher than United States'.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Washington's is Seattle with 780,995.
- New York's population is 10.9 times larger than Seattle'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 Washington's Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area (4,145,494).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 4.8 times (381%) larger than Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Washington: Admitted to the Union on November 11, 1889, as the 42nd state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 113 years.
United States vs Washington Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Washington's $856.0 billion.
- United States' economic output is 35.9 times larger than Washington's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Washington: $107,564.
- Washington's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (20%) higher than United States'.
Official Websites
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