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Maine vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- Maine has a land area of 30,845 square miles (79,888 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Yukon's land area is 5.9 times (494%) larger than Maine's.
Total area
- Maine: 35,380 square miles (91,634 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Yukon's total area is 5.3 times (426%) larger than Maine's.
Length
- Maine is 311 miles (501 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- Yukon's north-south length is 2.2 times (115%) longer than Maine's.
Width
- Maine spans 203 miles (327 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Yukon's east-west width is 4.1 times (309%) wider than Maine's.
Highest point
- Maine's highest point is Mount Katahdin at 5,253 feet (1,601 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 14,298 feet higher than Mount Katahdin.
Lowest point
- Maine'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.
Maine vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- Maine has a population of 1,405,012 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- Maine's population is 29.5 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- Maine: 45.6 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- Maine's population density is 152.0 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- Maine's biggest city is Portland with 69,568 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- Portland's population is 2.5 times (147%) larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area
- Maine's largest metropolitan area is Portland-South Portland, ME metro area (571,534 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- Portland-South Portland, ME metro area's population is 17.9 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- Maine: Admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820, as the 23rd state.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, Maine is the older of the two by 78 years.
Maine vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- Maine's GDP is $99.2 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- Maine's economic output is 31.0 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- Maine: $70,586 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- Maine's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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