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United States vs Wyoming Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Wyoming has 97,089 square miles (251,458 km²).
- United States' land area is 36.4 times larger than Wyoming's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Wyoming: 97,810 square miles (253,326 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 38.9 times larger than Wyoming's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Wyoming is 324 miles (522 km).
- United States' north-south length is 11.2 times longer than Wyoming's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Wyoming spans 410 miles (659 km).
- United States' east-west width is 11.8 times wider than Wyoming's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Wyoming's is Gannett Peak at 13,788 feet (4,203 m).
- Denali is 6,520 feet higher than Gannett Peak.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Wyoming's is Belle Fourche River at 3,108 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 3,387 feet lower.
United States vs Wyoming Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Wyoming has 587,618 (2024).
- United States' population is 578.8 times larger than Wyoming's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Wyoming: 6.1.
- United States' population density is 15.8 times higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Wyoming's is Cheyenne with 65,704.
- New York's population is 129.0 times larger than Cheyenne'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 Wyoming's Cheyenne, WY metro area (101,783).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 195.9 times larger than Cheyenne, WY metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Wyoming: Admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 114 years.
United States vs Wyoming Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Wyoming's $51.5 billion.
- United States' economic output is 597.5 times larger than Wyoming's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Wyoming: $87,639.
- United States and Wyoming have about the same GDP per capita.
Official Websites
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