United Kingdom vs. Kentucky | Just the Stats

At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, the United States is an extraordinarily large place. It is so large, in fact, that 11 of its states separately possess a total area larger than that of the entire United Kingdom. This is truly mind-boggling, especially given that the UK is itself comprised of four nations.
 
That is precisely why I have undertaken this weekly project: tabulating the statistical differences (and sometimes similarities) between each of the fifty states and the United Kingdom. This week, we're going to assess how the state of Kentucky shapes up against the UK in each of the data areas listed below.

Please keep in mind that the contents of the following table do not serve any social or political agenda. Moreover, this table—as well as those of the other 49 states—is subject to revision, correction, and/or updates as and when such alterations are needed.

	KENTUCKY	UK
POPULATION	4,413,457	64,100,000
POPULATION DENSITY	110 people per sq. mile	662 people per sq. mile
TOTAL AREA (SQ. MILES)	40,409	94,060
YEAR OF FORMATION	1792	1707
TIME ZONE(S)	Central and Eastern	GMT and BST
LARGEST CITY	Louisville	London
HIGHEST POINT	4,145 ft (Black Mountain)	4,406 ft (Ben Nevis)
HIGHEST REC. TEMP	114 °F (46 °C)	101.3°F (38.5°C)
LOWEST REC. TEMP	−37 °F (−38 °C)	-17°F (-27.2°C)
MALE LIFE EXPECTANCY	73.4	79.5
FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY	78.5	82.5
MURDER RATE (PER 100,000 PEOPLE)	4.5 (Statistics recorded in 2012)	1 (Statistics recorded in 2012)
TALLEST BUILDING	549ft (400 West Market)	1004ft (The Shard in London)
INCARCERATION RATE (PER 100,000 PEOPLE)	950	147
MINIMUM WAGE	$7.25	$9.96 (for workers over 21)
VEHICLES PER 1,000 PEOPLE	840	519
ADULT OBESITY RATE	28.4%	23.1%
AGE OF CONSENT	16	16
MINIMUM AGE FOR FULL, UNRESTRICTED DRIVING LICENSES	17	17 (or 16 for some people claiming mobility benefit).

This article was written by Laurence Brown. Laurence is a British expat living in Indianapolis, Indiana, and writes for BBC America and Anglotopia. He is Editor-in-chief of Lost in the Pond and loves nothing more than to share these articles with anglophiles, expats, and other interested parties on social media. Follow Lost in the Pond on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.