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Alaska vs Kansas Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Kansas has 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 7.0 times (599%) larger than Kansas'.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 8.1 times (709%) larger than Kansas'.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Kansas is 207 miles (334 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 5.8 times (480%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 3.9 times (285%) wider than Kansas'.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Kansas's is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m).
- Denali is 16,195 feet higher than Mount Sunflower.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Kansas's is Verdigris River at 679 feet.
- Alaska's lowest point is 679 feet lower.
Alaska vs Kansas Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Kansas has 2,970,606 (2024).
- Kansas' population is 4.0 times (301%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Kansas: 36.3.
- Kansas' population density is 27.9 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Kansas's is Wichita with 400,991.
- Wichita's population is 1.4 times (38%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Kansas's Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579).
- Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's population is 5.5 times (453%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- In its current form, Kansas is the older of the two by 98 years.
Alaska vs Kansas Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Kansas's $230.5 billion.
- Kansas' economic output is 3.2 times (222%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Kansas: $77,601.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (25%) higher than Kansas'.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Kansas: $65,856 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.2 times (16%) higher than Kansas'.
Alaska vs Kansas Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Kansas has 105.
- Kansas' county count is 3.5 times (250%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Kansas's is Butler County at 1,430 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 102.0 times larger than Butler County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 2.9 times (192%) larger than Wyandotte County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people).
- Johnson County's population is 2.2 times (118%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people).
- Greeley County's population is 1.7 times (67%) larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.2 times (18%) richer than Greeley County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878).
- Wyandotte County's income is 1.1 times (14%) richer than Kusilvak Census Area's.
Alaska vs Kansas Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%.
- Kansas's top rate is 5.58 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Kansas: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.19 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Kansas: 8.71%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 6.89 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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