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Minnesota vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- Minnesota has a land area of 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Yukon's land area is 2.3 times (130%) larger than Minnesota's.
Total area
- Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Yukon's total area is 2.1 times (114%) larger than Minnesota's.
Length
- Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- Yukon's north-south length is 1.6 times (64%) longer than Minnesota's.
Width
- Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Yukon's east-west width is 2.3 times (131%) wider than Minnesota's.
Highest point
- Minnesota's highest point is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 17,259 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point
- Minnesota's lowest point is Lake Superior at 601 feet; Yukon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Yukon's lowest point is 601 feet lower.
Minnesota vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- Minnesota has a population of 5,793,151 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- Minnesota's population is 121.7 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- Minnesota: 72.7 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- Minnesota's population density is 242.3 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- Minnesota's biggest city is Minneapolis with 428,579 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- Minneapolis' population is 15.2 times larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area
- Minnesota's largest metropolitan area is Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 117.8 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, Minnesota is the older of the two by 40 years.
Minnesota vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- Minnesota's GDP is $507.7 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- Minnesota's economic output is 158.7 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- Minnesota: $87,636 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- Minnesota's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (31%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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