USA Geography Facts & Trivia: Populations, Elevations, Sizes

Overview of some interesting facts about US geography, including elevations, populations, densities, area, and more. I look at highest and lowest elevation towns, most and least densely populated cities and counties, percent of people on the coast, and much more.

Link to USA Geography Facts and Trivia for Physical Features:

Link to Muir Way maps for discount:
Use coupon code GeographyKing for 12% off of your order

Album displayed:
Lemuria - "Get Better" (2007)

0:00 Intro
0:49 Capital cities facts
3:11 Cities facts
8:08 Counties facts
10:20 States facts

[GeographyKing]

A few brain lapses in the video:
1- Pennsylvania has 12.9 MILLION people
2- The population density of Wyoming is 6 people per square mile, not 6, 000!
3- The aerial image I showed for Mesa, AZ is actually Tempe, AZ (adjacent suburb)
4- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK at 147, 000 square miles is roughly the same size as Montana, but not Bangladesh. Bangladesh is 147, 000 square km.
5. The image showed for Falls Church, VA is of Charlottesville.

I love how there are so many errors in a video about facts that I have to pin a comment with corrections

[tsurdyk]

Loved the Lon Gisland note...nicely done, Kyle.

[Steveofthejungle]

I’ve never heard the word Primate used to mean anything other than a monkey or ape. Cool to learn a new word!

[mr_peach]

Flashing a MW Mount Whitney sign cracked me up! 😂

[CitizenTowel]

Classic geography king! I enjoy all your videos but this one felt like a fun throwback - excited for your next one 🙂

[upulor]

Small nitpick. The Salton Sea wasn't created because they were trying to pump water to LA. The irrigation system was solely to send water to the Imperial Valley. Because of the abnormally high rainfall in the upper Colorado River, the river breached levees near the border of AZ and CA and flowed unobstructed into the Salton Sink, creating the Salton Sea. Glad you mentioned this area though! It's often forgotten. I'd love to see a video on it. Keep up the great work :)

[danielsentertainmentproduc]

Hey an interesting idea for a video that you will enjoy!
Fast food/supermarket/gas station chains by state/region
Like how Kwik Trips dominate Wisconsin

[jdscottphd]

Thank you for the Mesa shout out - the 36th most populous city in the US and the #1 "suburb." However, the picture is of ASU in Tempe, about 5 miles west of Mesa.

[JCDofNYC]

You killed it, Your Majesty! I am a total trivia nerd (I even know where the word "trivia" was derived!) I love these kind of vids. As someone who has lived most of his life in the city, county, and state of New York (I think New York may be the only city that shares its name with the County and the State in which it is located...), Loving County, Texas has long been a source of fascination to me. I was shocked to learn of its population decline. Hell, more people live on the floor of my building than live in Loving Cty! I, along with the 69, 000 people who share the sq. mile I live in here, just cannot imagine what it would be like to have that much space to ourselves!

[ruthlessgoat]

There is so much great information packed into this video that I'm watching it twice. I can't say that for many YT videos. Props.

[weyeswonder]

Always love your content Kyle! You parse a lot of data into comprehensibly-interesting information!

[Jordan-vd]

Love your content, I’ve been watching for years. Just wanted to add that the Florida state capital is also a high rise at 345 feet tall. Thank you for always making such great videos :)

[Sir_Austin_T_Gee]

I can tell you exactly what the problem is with Loving County, Texas. That county only supports enough of a permanent population to support the oilfield workers. Mentone only has a fuel station, some water facilities, and a couple restaurants that I’m pretty sure are just permanently parked food trucks and not actual buildings. It’s in a high desert. That route, Texas 302, is taken primarily by people traveling between Orla (another oil town in Reeves County with several “man camps” around it), Kermit (a town of about 10, 000 in Winkler County that serves as a jump off point for oil workers) and the Midland/Odessa metro area.

The biggest reason for Loving County to lose a third of its population seemingly overnight is because oil production has gone down in the area and those “permanent” residents went to another town. They’ll all be back in a couple years when a few new wells get drilled.

[jchen]

Loved this video, Kyle. Actually i almost always love your content but I most appreciate geography as it influences population and stats. This compilation was fantastic! Thanks for putting it together!!

[hugequiz]

Sounds like there's not enough loving going on in Loving County 😂

[MyBelch]

Love this channel. Always learn something new. I've lived abroad for nearly 20 years and my 13-year-old daughter has visited 43 US states in three separate visits (totaling just 96 days). It took me 51 years to get all 50 states.

[housepianist]

Great video! Love this kind of stuff.

I’m curious if you have ever thought about doing a street video highlighting the longest, widest, shortest, weirdest, most unusual, etc, in America. Might be interesting. 👍🏽

[leandro-albertoni]

Kyle! Colorado musician here! I recently played a gig in Alma CO! Fun fact: their mayor told me their zip code is 80420!😅

[johnchedsey]

Still blows my mind Phoenix has gotten so big. I'm glad Tucson hasn't quite followed so closely in those footsteps.

[rollinwithunclepete]

Kyle throwing sign was worth the whole video! Thanks, Man !