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Mississippi vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- Mississippi has a land area of 46,925 square miles (121,534 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Yukon's land area is 3.9 times (290%) larger than Mississippi's.
Total area
- Mississippi: 48,436 square miles (125,448 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Yukon's total area is 3.8 times (285%) larger than Mississippi's.
Length
- Mississippi is 337 miles (542 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- Yukon's north-south length is 2.0 times (99%) longer than Mississippi's.
Width
- Mississippi spans 340 miles (547 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Yukon's east-west width is 2.4 times (144%) wider than Mississippi's.
Highest point
- Mississippi's highest point is Woodall Mountain at 805 feet (245 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 18,746 feet higher than Woodall Mountain.
Lowest point
- Mississippi's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; Yukon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Mississippi vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- Mississippi has a population of 2,943,045 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- Mississippi's population is 61.8 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- Mississippi: 62.7 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- Mississippi's population density is 209.0 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- Mississippi's biggest city is Jackson with 141,449 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- Jackson's population is 5.0 times (402%) larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area
- Mississippi's largest metropolitan area is Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's population is 42.0 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- Mississippi: Admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, as the 20th state.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, Mississippi is the older of the two by 81 years.
Mississippi vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- Mississippi's GDP is $158.2 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- Mississippi's economic output is 49.4 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- Mississippi: $53,751 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- Yukon's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (24%) higher than Mississippi's.
Official Websites
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