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Texas vs Yukon Geography
Land area: Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²). Texas' land area is 1.4 times (43%) larger than Yukon's.
Total area: Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water. Texas' total area is 1.4 times (44%) larger than Yukon's.
Length: Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km). Texas' north-south length is 1.2 times (21%) longer than Yukon's.
Width: Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km). Yukon's east-west width is 1.1 times (7%) wider than Texas'.
Highest point: Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m). Mount Logan is 10,821 feet higher than Guadalupe Peak.
Lowest point: Texas'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.
Texas vs Yukon Population and History
Population: Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024). Texas' population is 657.4 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density: Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3. Texas' population density is 399.3 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city: Texas's biggest city is Houston with 2,390,125 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201. Houston's population is 84.8 times larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area: Texas's largest metropolitan area is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913). Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 261.5 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History: Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state. Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898. In its current form, Texas is the older of the two by 53 years.
Texas vs Yukon Economy
GDP: Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion. Texas' economic output is 865.6 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita: Texas: $88,517 per person vs Yukon: $66,713. Texas' GDP per capita is 1.3 times (33%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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Area, elevation and boundary figures come from official national statistics and US Census Bureau and Natural Earth boundary data; US state population, economic, county and tax figures come from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Tax Foundation. Figures are rounded and for general reference.