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Alaska vs Delaware Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Delaware has 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 293.1 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 267.5 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Delaware is 98 miles (158 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 12.3 times longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 16.1 times wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Delaware's is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m).
- Denali is 19,785 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Delaware's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs Delaware Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Delaware has 1,051,917 (2024).
- Delaware's population is 1.4 times (42%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Delaware: 539.9.
- Delaware's population density is 415.3 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Delaware's is Wilmington with 73,176.
- Anchorage's population is 4.0 times (296%) larger than Wilmington's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Delaware's Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 15.5 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 172 years.
Alaska vs Delaware Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Delaware's $111.0 billion.
- Delaware's economic output is 1.6 times (55%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Delaware: $105,495.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Alaska's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Delaware: $68,061 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.1 times (12%) higher than Delaware's.
Alaska vs Delaware Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Delaware has 3.
- Alaska's county count is 10.0 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Delaware's is Sussex County at 936 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 155.7 times larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality and New Castle County have about the same land area.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people).
- New Castle County's population is 2.0 times (103%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people).
- Kent County's population is 279.3 times larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 2.2 times (115%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Delaware: Kent County ($55,474).
- Kent County's income is 1.5 times (47%) richer than Kusilvak Census Area's.
Alaska vs Delaware Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%.
- Delaware's top rate is 6.6 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Delaware: 0.47% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.59 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Delaware: 0%.
- Alaska's combined rate is 1.82 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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