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Alaska vs Utah Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Utah has 82,596 square miles (213,922 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 6.9 times (592%) larger than Utah's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Utah: 84,898 square miles (219,885 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 7.8 times (684%) larger than Utah's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Utah is 436 miles (702 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 2.8 times (175%) longer than Utah's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Utah spans 268 miles (431 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 5.8 times (476%) wider than Utah's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Utah's is Kings Peak at 13,512 feet (4,118 m).
- Denali is 6,723 feet higher than Kings Peak.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Utah's is Beaver Dam Wash at 2,180 feet.
- Alaska's lowest point is 2,180 feet lower.
Alaska vs Utah Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Utah has 3,503,613 (2024).
- Utah's population is 4.7 times (373%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Utah: 42.4.
- Utah's population density is 32.6 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Utah's is Salt Lake City with 217,783.
- Anchorage's population is 1.3 times (33%) larger than Salt Lake City's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Utah's Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (1,300,762).
- Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area's population is 3.2 times (219%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Utah: Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state.
- In its current form, Utah is the older of the two by 63 years.
Alaska vs Utah Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Utah's $299.5 billion.
- Utah's economic output is 4.2 times (318%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Utah: $85,475.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Utah's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Utah: $67,333 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Utah's.
Alaska vs Utah Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Utah has 29.
- Alaska and Utah have about the same county count.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Utah's is San Juan County at 7,824 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 18.6 times larger than San Juan County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Utah: Davis County (325 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 1.4 times (36%) larger than Davis County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Utah: Salt Lake County (1,216,274 people).
- Salt Lake County's population is 4.2 times (320%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Utah: Daggett County (956 people).
- Daggett County's population is 1.4 times (39%) larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Utah: Summit County ($280,510).
- Summit County's income is 1.8 times (77%) richer than Bristol Bay Borough's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Utah: Beaver County ($39,179).
- Kusilvak Census Area and Beaver County have about the same income.
Alaska vs Utah Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Utah has a top income tax rate of 4.5%.
- Utah's top rate is 4.5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Utah: 0.49% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.57 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Utah: 7.42%.
- Utah's combined rate is 5.6 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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