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Alaska vs Kentucky Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Kentucky has 39,485 square miles (102,267 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 14.5 times larger than Kentucky's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Kentucky: 40,406 square miles (104,651 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 16.5 times larger than Kentucky's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Kentucky is 257 miles (414 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 4.7 times (367%) longer than Kentucky's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Kentucky spans 418 miles (672 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 3.7 times (269%) wider than Kentucky's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Kentucky's is Black Mountain at 4,134 feet (1,260 m).
- Denali is 16,101 feet higher than Black Mountain.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Kentucky's is Mississippi River at 270 feet.
- Alaska's lowest point is 270 feet lower.
Alaska vs Kentucky Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Kentucky has 4,588,372 (2024).
- Kentucky's population is 6.2 times (520%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Kentucky: 116.2.
- Kentucky's population density is 89.4 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Kentucky's is Louisville with 640,796.
- Louisville's population is 2.2 times (121%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Kentucky's Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area (2,302,815).
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area's population is 5.7 times (466%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Kentucky: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1792, as the 15th state.
- In its current form, Kentucky is the older of the two by 167 years.
Alaska vs Kentucky Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Kentucky's $295.4 billion.
- Kentucky's economic output is 4.1 times (313%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Kentucky: $64,375.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (50%) higher than Kentucky's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Kentucky: $58,256 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.3 times (31%) higher than Kentucky's.
Alaska vs Kentucky Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Kentucky has 120.
- Kentucky's county count is 4.0 times (300%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Kentucky's is Pike County at 786 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 185.4 times larger than Pike County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Kentucky: Gallatin County (98 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 4.5 times (351%) larger than Gallatin County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Kentucky: Jefferson County (793,881 people).
- Jefferson County's population is 2.7 times (174%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Kentucky: Robertson County (2,382 people).
- Robertson County's population is 3.5 times (245%) larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Kentucky: Oldham County ($87,137).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.8 times (82%) richer than Oldham County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Kentucky: Elliott County ($31,817).
- Kusilvak Census Area's income is 1.2 times (19%) richer than Elliott County's.
Alaska vs Kentucky Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Kentucky has a top income tax rate of 3.5%.
- Kentucky's top rate is 3.5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Kentucky: 0.71% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.35 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Kentucky: 6%.
- Kentucky's combined rate is 4.18 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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