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Jacksonville Florida is the largest city in the continental United States, spanning a total of 875 miles, with a density of only 1,100 people per square mile. Jacksonville is roughly 3/4th the size of the entire state of Rhode Island.
Anchorage, AK, is 1,961 sq. miles! Though you probably meant the lower 48.
Jacksonville, Oklahoma City, Houston, Phoenix, and Nashville are all larger than Los Angeles in land area.
Anchorage, AK, is 1,961 sq. miles! Though you probably meant the lower 48.
Jacksonville, Oklahoma City, Houston, Phoenix, and Nashville are all larger than Los Angeles in land area.
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Jacksonville Florida is the largest city in the continental United States, spanning a total of 875 miles, with a density of only 1,100 people per square mile. Jacksonville is roughly 3/4th the size of the entire state of Rhode Island.
And yes, many of those cities owe their large populations to their massive land area, these cities are not very dense but immensely spread out, unlike their east coast and midwest counterparts.
And yes, many of those cities owe their large populations to their massive land area, these cities are not very dense but immensely spread out, unlike their east coast and midwest counterparts.
We can compare the land area of Nashville (which is a consolidated city-county like Jacksonville and Anchorage) with the land area of Boston as they have comparable populations:
Nashville:
601,222 - 504 sq. mi. - 1,193 people per sq. mi.
Boston:
617,594 - 48 sq. mi. - 12,752 people per sq. mi.
I love factoids such as New York City by itself has a greater population than all but the three most populous metro areas in the US (NY, LA, and Chicago).
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Originally Posted by ColdAilment
Untrue.
Jacksonville - 827,908
Jacksonville Metro - 1,360,251
Okay well not entire metro, but a significant portion. Just wanted to point out that many foreigner's are unaware that metro doesn't equal city in the US. Obviously, LA's metro dwarfs JAX's in both area and population, which is possibly why owenc was surprised when it was mentioned JAX was bigger than LA.
Okay well not entire metro, but a significant portion. Just wanted to point out that many foreigner's are unaware that metro doesn't equal city in the US. Obviously, LA's metro dwarfs JAX's in both area and population, which is possibly why owenc was surprised when it was mentioned JAX was bigger than LA.
Perceive it however you want, facts are facts.
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