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In this regard, how many Rhode Islands fit in the United States?
While the Ocean State is larger than countries such asAndorra, Nauru, Tuvalu and Malta, there are not many countriessmaller than the smallest of the United States of America. Russiacould contain 5,445 'Rhode Islands' and the United Statescould contain 3,066 Rhode Islands (that's a LOT ofsenators!).
State | Square Miles (Land Area) | |
---|---|---|
1 | Alaska | 570,641 |
2 | Texas | 261,914 |
3 | California | 155,973 |
4 | Montana | 145,556 |
Subsequently, one may also ask, how much of the US does Alaska take up?
If you mean population, we are 1/400the of the USpopulation. If you mean geographically, there is no part ofAlaska that touches the Lower 48. As Fred Vreeman wrote, weare 18.3% of total US area.
New York is about 6 times bigger than NewJersey. New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, whileNew York is approximately 122,283 sq km. Meanwhile, thepopulation of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (10.6million more people live in New York).