Finding America

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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 Maine 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.



MAINE
UK
POPULATION
1,330,089
64,100,000
POPULATION DENSITY
43
people per sq. mile
662 people per sq. mile
TOTAL AREA (SQ. MILES)
35,385
94,060
YEAR OF FORMATION
1820
1707
TIME ZONE(S)
Eastern
GMT and BST
LARGEST CITY
Portland
London
HIGHEST POINT
5,270 ft (Mount Katahdin)
4,406 ft (Ben Nevis)
HIGHEST REC. TEMP
105 °F
(41 °C)
101.3°F
(38.5°C)
LOWEST REC. TEMP
−50 °F
(−45 °C)
-17°F
(-27.2°C)
MALE LIFE EXPECTANCY
76.80
79.5
FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY
81.49
82.5
MURDER RATE (PER 100,000 PEOPLE)
1.9
(Statistics recorded in 2012)
1
(Statistics recorded in 2012)
TALLEST BUILDING
124ft
(Decker Towers)
1004ft
(The Shard in London)
INCARCERATION RATE (PER 100,000 PEOPLE)
285
147
MINIMUM WAGE
$7.50
$9.96 (for workers over 21)
VEHICLES PER 1,000 PEOPLE
780
519
ADULT OBESITY RATE
23.7%
23.1%
AGE OF CONSENT
16
16
MINIMUM AGE FOR FULL, UNRESTRICTED DRIVING LICENSES
21
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.

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