Valencian Community is 1.18× the size of New Jersey

Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²) and New Jersey (state of the United States) about 19,700 km² (7,590 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,300km²Valencian Community
19,700km²New Jersey

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Valencian Community
New Jersey

What fits

New Jersey is 85% of the size of Valencian Community.
Valencian Community is larger by 3,600 km² (1,390 mi²), which is 18% of the area of New Jersey.
Measured in Belgiums: Valencian Community is about 0.76, New Jersey about 0.64.

How they differ

Valencian Community is larger, but New Jersey has the larger population: 9.3 million against 5.3 million, 1.75× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 472 in New Jersey against 229 in Valencian Community: New Jersey is 2.07× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,130 km apart.
Together Valencian Community and New Jersey cover 42,900 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,600 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At New Jersey's density, Valencian Community would have 11.0 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Valencian Community's density, New Jersey would have 4.5 million (it has 9.3 million).
New Jersey's centre is 0.8° of latitude, about 90 km, farther north than Valencian Community's.
Valencian Community is the 8th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 4.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
New Jersey is the 46th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 39°N and 40°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Valencian Community would have about 4,380 m² and each person in New Jersey about 2,120 m².
Laid side by side, Valencian Community and New Jersey would cover 42,900 km², about the same size as Denmark.
Together they have 14.6 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.

Side by side

	Valencian Community	New Jersey
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateUnited States
Area, measured	23,300 km²8,980 mi²	19,700 km²7,590 mi²
Official area	23,300 km²Wikidata	22,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 19in Spain	46th of 51in the United States
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	9.3 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	4th of 19in Spain	11th of 51in the United States
Density	229 per km²	472 per km²
Capital	Valencia	Trenton
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	39°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 23,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,300 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 19,700 km² is 13% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Valencian Community is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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