Finding America

Me and Tarah

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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 Nevada 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.



NEVADA
UK
POPULATION
2,890,845
64,100,000
POPULATION DENSITY
24.8
people per sq. mile
662 people per sq. mile
TOTAL AREA (SQ. MILES)
110,622
94,060
YEAR OF FORMATION
1864
1707
TIME ZONE(S)
Pacific and Mountain
GMT and BST
LARGEST CITY

Las Vegas


London
HIGHEST POINT
13,147 ft
(Boundary Peak)
4,406 ft (Ben Nevis)
HIGHEST REC. TEMP
125 °F
(52 °C)
101.3°F
(38.5°C)
LOWEST REC. TEMP
−50 °F
(−46 °C)
-17°F
(-27.2°C)
MALE LIFE EXPECTANCY
75.62
79.5
FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY
80.64
82.5
MURDER RATE (PER 100,000 PEOPLE)
4.5
(Statistics recorded in 2012)
1
(Statistics recorded in 2012)
TALLEST BUILDING
642ft
(The Palazzo)
1004ft
(The Shard in London)
INCARCERATION RATE (PER 100,000 PEOPLE)
712
147
MINIMUM WAGE
$8.25
$9.96 (for workers over 21)
VEHICLES PER 1,000 PEOPLE
500
519
ADULT OBESITY RATE
23.6%
23.1%
AGE OF CONSENT
16
16
MINIMUM AGE FOR FULL, UNRESTRICTED DRIVING LICENSES
18
17
(or 16 for some people claiming mobility benefit).

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Laurence Brown is a British man writing his way through the truly bizarre world of America - a place he sometimes accidentally calls home and a place he still hasn't quite figured out after seven years. Thankfully, his journey is made 12% easier by the fact that his accent makes him sound much smarter than he is. For evidence of this, subscribe to his popular Lost in the Pond web series over on YouTube.

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