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Alaska vs Georgia Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Georgia has 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 9.9 times (890%) larger than Georgia's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 11.2 times larger than Georgia's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Georgia is 326 miles (525 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 3.7 times (268%) longer than Georgia's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 4.5 times (350%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Georgia's is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m).
- Denali is 15,457 feet higher than Brasstown Bald.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Georgia's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs Georgia Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Georgia has 11,180,878 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 15.1 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Georgia: 193.7.
- Georgia's population density is 149.0 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Georgia's is Atlanta with 520,070.
- Atlanta's population is 1.8 times (80%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Georgia's Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 15.7 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 171 years.
Alaska vs Georgia Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Georgia's $881.5 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 12.3 times larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Georgia: $78,841.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Georgia's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Georgia: $63,006 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.2 times (21%) higher than Georgia's.
Alaska vs Georgia Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Georgia has 159.
- Georgia's county count is 5.3 times (430%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Georgia's is Ware County at 899 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 162.1 times larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 3.7 times (271%) larger than Clarke County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people).
- Fulton County's population is 3.8 times (277%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people).
- Taliaferro County's population is 2.3 times (135%) larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.4 times (42%) richer than Fulton County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119).
- Kusilvak Census Area's income is 1.4 times (45%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Alaska vs Georgia Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%.
- Georgia's top rate is 5.19 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Georgia: 0.74% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.32 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Georgia: 7.56%.
- Georgia's combined rate is 5.74 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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