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Delaware vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Yukon's land area is 94.0 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Yukon's total area is 74.8 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- Yukon's north-south length is 6.8 times (583%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Yukon's east-west width is 8.6 times (765%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 19,101 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Yukon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Delaware vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- Delaware's population is 22.1 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- Delaware's population density is 1,799.7 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- Wilmington's population is 2.6 times (159%) larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area
- Delaware's largest metropolitan area is Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 198.4 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 111 years.
Delaware vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- Delaware's economic output is 34.7 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.6 times (58%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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