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United States vs Alaska Geography
Land area: United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Alaska has 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²). United States' land area is 6.2 times (519%) larger than Alaska's.
Total area: United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²), including inland and coastal water. United States' total area is 5.7 times (471%) larger than Alaska's.
Length: United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km). United States' north-south length is 3.0 times (202%) longer than Alaska's.
Width: United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km). United States' east-west width is 3.1 times (212%) wider than Alaska's.
Highest point: United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Alaska's is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m). Denali is 73 feet higher than Denali.
Lowest point: United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Alaska's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet. United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Alaska Population and History
Population: United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Alaska has 740,133 (2024). United States' population is 459.5 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density: United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Alaska: 1.3. United States' population density is 74.1 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city: United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Alaska's is Anchorage with 289,600. New York's population is 29.3 times larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area: United States's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Alaska's Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213). New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 49.0 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History: United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776. Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state. In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 183 years.
United States vs Alaska Economy
GDP: United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Alaska's $71.6 billion. United States' economic output is 429.7 times larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita: United States: $89,599 per person vs Alaska: $96,695. Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than United States'.
Official Websites
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Area, elevation and boundary figures come from official national statistics and US Census Bureau and Natural Earth boundary data; US state population, economic, county and tax figures come from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Tax Foundation. Figures are rounded and for general reference.