If New England was a state...
It would be the
5th most populated state out of 44 at roughly
14,483,000, underneath Florida's 18,600,000, and beating out Illinois' 13,000,000.
It would be
10th out 44 in population density with
221.66 inhabitants/sq mi, below Illinois' 231.2, and above Hawaii's 199.8.
3/4 of the population would be in
Southern New England (MA, RI, CT) with a population density of
786.83/sq mi, while the remaining quarter in
Northern New England (NH, VT, ME) would be
63.56/sq mi.
The top ten most populous cities would be...
1.
Boston, MA: 645,169 (4,522,858) Metro
2.
Worcester, MA: 182,596
3.
Providence, RI: 175,600 (1,600,956)
4.
Springfield, MA: 150,640 (682,657)
5.
Bridgeport, CT: 136,405 (902,775)
6.
Hartford, CT: 124,062 (1,188,241)
7.
New Haven, CT: 123,330 (846,766)
8.
Stamford, CT: 119,303 (902,775)
9.
Manchester, NH: 109,395
10.
Waterbury, CT: 107,037 (210,000)
The likely
Capital would be
Boston.
It would be ranked
4th out of 44 by GDP with
$763.7 billion, under New York's 1,144,481 , and above Florida's 744,120.
It would be
18th in area out of 44 with
71,991.8 sq mi, under South Dakota's 77,116.49, and above Washington's 71,299.64.
New England has six mainline interstates running through it, I-84, I-90, I-89, I-91, I-93, and I-95.
The longest River would be the Connecticut River at 407 mi.
Likely demonyms would be, New Englander, or Yankee.
It would rank very highly (most likely number 1) in education, with...
4 of the 8 Ivy League Schools
MIT
The Little Three
4 of the original Seven Sisters
The bulk of institutions identified as the Little Ivies
The Five Colleges consortium in western MA
New England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This was just for fun, I thought people might be interested in this, I was. You can compare it to your state, and feel free to add stuff I missed, like number of F500 companies, something about it's history, or anything you might think is important that I missed.
Sorry if this should be in General US, seemed like a "vs" to me cause I thought people could compare this against their own states.
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