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United States vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area: United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²). United States' land area is 65.2 times larger than Wisconsin's.
Total area: United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water. United States' total area is 58.1 times larger than Wisconsin's.
Length: United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km). United States' north-south length is 9.9 times (886%) longer than Wisconsin's.
Width: United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km). United States' east-west width is 14.9 times wider than Wisconsin's.
Highest point: United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m). Denali is 18,362 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point: United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet. United States's lowest point is 856 feet lower.
United States vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population: United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024). United States' population is 57.1 times larger than Wisconsin's.
Population density: United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0. Wisconsin's population density is 1.1 times (14%) higher than United States'.
Biggest city: United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531. New York's population is 15.0 times larger than Milwaukee'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 Wisconsin's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952). New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 5.3 times (431%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History: United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776. Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state. In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 72 years.
United States vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP: United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion. United States' economic output is 67.9 times larger than Wisconsin's.
GDP per capita: United States: $89,599 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044. United States' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (18%) higher than Wisconsin's.
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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.