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Alaska vs Arizona Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Arizona has 113,655 square miles (294,366 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 5.0 times (403%) larger than Arizona's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Arizona: 113,985 square miles (295,220 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 5.8 times (484%) larger than Arizona's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Arizona is 429 miles (690 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 2.8 times (180%) longer than Arizona's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Arizona spans 452 miles (727 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 3.4 times (242%) wider than Arizona's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Arizona's is Humphreys Peak at 12,620 feet (3,847 m).
- Denali is 7,615 feet higher than Humphreys Peak.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Arizona's is Colorado River at 71 feet.
- Alaska's lowest point is 71 feet lower.
Alaska vs Arizona Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Arizona has 7,582,384 (2024).
- Arizona's population is 10.2 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Arizona: 66.7.
- Arizona's population density is 51.3 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Arizona's is Phoenix with 1,673,164.
- Phoenix's population is 5.8 times (478%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Arizona's Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area (5,186,958).
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area's population is 12.7 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Arizona: Admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912, as the 48th state.
- In its current form, Arizona is the older of the two by 47 years.
Alaska vs Arizona Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Arizona's $570.1 billion.
- Arizona's economic output is 8.0 times (696%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Arizona: $75,186.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (29%) higher than Arizona's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Arizona: $65,798 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.2 times (16%) higher than Arizona's.
Alaska vs Arizona Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Arizona has 15.
- Alaska's county count is 2.0 times (100%) higher than Arizona's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Arizona's is Coconino County at 18,616 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 7.8 times (683%) larger than Coconino County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Arizona: Santa Cruz County (1,236 sq mi).
- Santa Cruz County's land area is 2.8 times (179%) larger than Skagway Municipality's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Arizona: Maricopa County (4,673,096 people).
- Maricopa County's population is 16.1 times larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Arizona: Greenlee County (9,410 people).
- Greenlee County's population is 13.6 times larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Arizona: Maricopa County ($72,176).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 2.2 times (119%) richer than Maricopa County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Arizona: Graham County ($44,164).
- Graham County's income is 1.2 times (17%) richer than Kusilvak Census Area's.
Alaska vs Arizona Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Arizona has a top income tax rate of 2.5%.
- Arizona's top rate is 2.5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Arizona: 0.43% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.63 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Arizona: 8.54%.
- Arizona's combined rate is 6.72 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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