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Alaska vs Connecticut Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Connecticut has 4,843 square miles (12,542 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 118.0 times larger than Connecticut's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Connecticut: 5,544 square miles (14,358 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 120.1 times larger than Connecticut's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Connecticut is 73 miles (118 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 16.5 times longer than Connecticut's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Connecticut spans 104 miles (167 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 14.8 times wider than Connecticut's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Connecticut's is Mount Frissell (south slope) at 2,376 feet (724 m).
- Denali is 17,859 feet higher than Mount Frissell (south slope).
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Connecticut's is Long Island Sound at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs Connecticut Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Connecticut has 3,675,069 (2024).
- Connecticut's population is 5.0 times (397%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Connecticut: 758.9.
- Connecticut's population density is 583.8 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Connecticut's is Bridgeport with 151,599.
- Anchorage's population is 1.9 times (91%) larger than Bridgeport's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Connecticut's Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area (1,169,048).
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area's population is 2.9 times (187%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Connecticut: Admitted to the Union on January 9, 1788, as the 5th state.
- In its current form, Connecticut is the older of the two by 171 years.
Alaska vs Connecticut Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Connecticut's $356.8 billion.
- Connecticut's economic output is 5.0 times (398%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Connecticut: $97,096.
- Alaska and Connecticut have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Connecticut: $95,067 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Connecticut's average income is 1.2 times (25%) higher than Alaska's.
Alaska vs Connecticut Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Connecticut has 9.
- Alaska's county count is 3.3 times (233%) higher than Connecticut's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Connecticut's is Capitol Planning Region at 1,027 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 141.9 times larger than Capitol Planning Region's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Connecticut: Greater Bridgeport Planning Region (140 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 3.2 times (216%) larger than Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Connecticut: Capitol Planning Region (991,508 people).
- Capitol Planning Region's population is 3.4 times (242%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Connecticut: Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region (97,701 people).
- Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region's population is 141.6 times larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Connecticut: Western Connecticut Planning Region ($165,513).
- Bristol Bay Borough and Western Connecticut Planning Region have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Connecticut: Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region ($64,845).
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's income is 1.7 times (72%) richer than Kusilvak Census Area's.
Alaska vs Connecticut Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Connecticut has a top income tax rate of 6.99%.
- Connecticut's top rate is 6.99 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Connecticut: 1.66% of home value per year.
- Connecticut's rate is 0.6 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Connecticut: 6.35%.
- Connecticut's combined rate is 4.53 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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