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Alaska vs Oregon Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Oregon has 95,997 square miles (248,630 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 6.0 times (495%) larger than Oregon's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Oregon: 98,379 square miles (254,799 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 6.8 times (577%) larger than Oregon's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Oregon is 453 miles (730 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 2.7 times (165%) longer than Oregon's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Oregon spans 445 miles (715 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 3.5 times (247%) wider than Oregon's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Oregon's is Mount Hood at 11,232 feet (3,424 m).
- Denali is 9,003 feet higher than Mount Hood.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Oregon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs Oregon Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Oregon has 4,272,371 (2024).
- Oregon's population is 5.8 times (477%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Oregon: 44.5.
- Oregon's population density is 34.2 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Oregon's is Portland with 635,749.
- Portland's population is 2.2 times (120%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Oregon's Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area (2,537,904).
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area's population is 6.2 times (523%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Oregon: Admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859, as the 33rd state.
- In its current form, Oregon is the older of the two by 100 years.
Alaska vs Oregon Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Oregon's $330.2 billion.
- Oregon's economic output is 4.6 times (361%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Oregon: $77,299.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (25%) higher than Oregon's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Oregon: $70,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Oregon's.
Alaska vs Oregon Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Oregon has 36.
- Oregon's county count is 1.2 times (20%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Oregon's is Harney County at 10,134 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 14.4 times larger than Harney County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Oregon: Multnomah County (431 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality and Multnomah County have about the same land area.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Oregon: Multnomah County (795,897 people).
- Multnomah County's population is 2.7 times (175%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Oregon: Wheeler County (1,456 people).
- Wheeler County's population is 2.1 times (111%) larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Oregon: Deschutes County ($86,176).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.8 times (84%) richer than Deschutes County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Oregon: Malheur County ($42,974).
- Malheur County's income is 1.1 times (14%) richer than Kusilvak Census Area's.
Alaska vs Oregon Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Oregon has a top income tax rate of 9.9%.
- Oregon's top rate is 9.9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Oregon: 0.78% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.28 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Oregon: 0%.
- Alaska's combined rate is 1.82 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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