OverpopulationMyth.com

Copyright 2007 Noble L Morton III

Whole World fits in a US State or City!

Could you fit the Whole World, all 7 Billion Persons, in

Any One of the 50 US States or in a US City? Yes!

50 State View: Size-- from Largest to Smallest

(Click for 50 State--Alphabetical View)

Plenty of Room for All of us on Planet Earth...NOT overpopulation...It is a myth!

Click Select above the US Area or State or Scroll Down from

the 50 States or Territories

of the United States of America

Sources:

1. Square miles of Land in 50 US States, Cities, Countries--see the World Almanac, 1996.

2. 27,787,400 Square feet in one square mile--see Webster's New World Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1978.

The average land area per person would be:

World Population 7 Billion
7 Billion Persons:
Total Land
Total Land
7,000,000,000
Average Square
Average Square
in
in
State/City/Possession
State
FEET per Person
METERS per Person
SQUARE FEET
MILES
 Whole USA
USA
14,144.80
1,314.10
99,013,678,156,800
3,551,627
 ALASKA
AK
2,271.60
211.0
15,901,114,521,600
570,374
 TEXAS
TX
1,043.10
96.9
7,301,743,257,600
261,914
 CALIFORNIA 
CA
621.2
57.7
4,348,277,683,200
155,973
 MONTANA
MT
579.7
53.9
4,057,868,390,400
145,556
 NEW MEXICO
NM
483.4
44.9
3,383,462,016,000
121,365
 ARIZONA 
AZ
452.6
42.0
3,168,157,132,800
113,642
 COLORADO
CO
452.6
42.0
3,168,157,132,800
113,642
 NEVADA
NV
437.3
40.6
3,061,215,590,400
109,806
 WYOMING
WY
386.7
35.9
2,707,132,032,000
97,105
 OREGON
OR
382.3
35.5
2,676,410,035,200
96,003
 MINNESOTA
MN
332.8
30.9
2,329,909,401,600
83,574
 IDAHO
ID
329.6
30.6
2,306,965,478,400
82,751
 UTAH
UT
327.2
30.4
2,290,712,371,200
82,168
 KANSAS
KS
325.9
30.3
2,281,094,323,200
81,823
 NEBRASKA
NE
306.2
28.4
2,143,235,635,200
76,878
 SOUTH DAKOTA
SD
302.3
28.1
2,115,914,803,200
75,898
 NORTH DAKOTA
ND
274.8
25.5
1,923,442,329,600
68,994
 MISSOURI
MO
274.4
25.5
1,920,766,003,200
68,898
 OKLAHOMA
OK
273.5
25.4
1,914,660,633,600
68,679
 WASHINGTON
WA
265.2
24.6
1,856,199,628,800
66,582
 GEORGIA
GA
230.7
21.4
1,614,689,049,600
57,919
 MICHIGAN
MI
226.2
21.0
1,583,744,025,600
56,809
 IOWA
IA
222.5
20.7
1,557,705,600,000
55,875
 ILLINOIS
IL
221.4
20.6
1,549,843,891,200
55,593
 WYOMING
WI
216.3
20.1
1,514,187,417,600
54,314
 FLORIDA
FL
215.0
20.0
1,505,349,964,800
53,997
 ARKANSAS
AR
207.4
19.3
1,451,767,680,000
52,075
 ALABAMA
AL
202.1
18.8
1,414,828,800,000
50,750
 NORTH CAROLINA
NC
194.0
18.0
1,357,901,107,200
48,708
 NEW YORK
NY
194.0
18.0
1,357,901,107,200
48,708
 MISSISSIPPI
MS
186.8
17.4
1,307,887,257,600
46,914
 PENNSYLVANIA
PA
178.5
16.6
1,249,509,888,000
44,820
 LOUISIANA
LA
173.5
16.1
1,214,550,374,400
43,566
 TENNESSEE
TN
164.2
15.3
1,149,147,648,000
41,220
 OHIO
OH
163.1
15.2
1,141,704,115,200
40,953
 KENTUCKY
KY
158.2
14.7
1,107,664,588,800
39,732
 VIRGINIA 
VA
157.7
14.7
1,103,928,883,200
39,598
 INDIANA
IN
142.9
13.3
999,998,208,000
35,870
 MAINE
ME
122.9
11.4
860,466,816,000
30,865
 SOUTH CAROLINA
SC
119.9
11.1
839,446,502,400
30,111
 WEST VIRGINIA
WV
95.9
8.9
671,507,020,800
24,087
 MARYLAND
MD
38.9
3.6
272,511,360,000
9,775
 VERMONT
VT
36.8
3.4
257,847,321,600
9,249
 NEW HAMPSHIRE
NH
35.7
3.3
250,041,369,600
8,969
 MASSACHUSETTS
MA
31.2
2.9
218,510,899,200
7,838
 NEW JERSEY
NJ
29.5
2.7
206,829,849,600
7,419
 HAWAII
HI
25.6
2.4
179,062,963,200
6,423
 CONNECTICUT
CT
19.3
1.8
135,070,848,000
4,845
 DELAWARE
DE
7.8
0.7
54,502,272,000
1,955
 Anchorage, Alaska
AK, Anchorage
6.9
0.69
48,157,193,548
1,727.40
 RHODE ISLAND
RI
4.2
0.4
29,132,928,000
1,045
American Samoa
AS
District of Columbia
DC
Federated States of Micronesia
FM
Guam
GU
Marshall Islands
MH
Northern Mariana Islands
MP
Palau
PW
Puerto Rico
PR
Trust Territories
TT
Virgin Islands
VI