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Alaska vs Louisiana Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Louisiana has 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 13.2 times larger than Louisiana's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 12.7 times larger than Louisiana's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 4.0 times (299%) longer than Louisiana's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 4.3 times (334%) wider than Louisiana's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Louisiana's is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m).
- Denali is 19,702 feet higher than Driskill Mountain.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Louisiana's is New Orleans at -8 feet.
- Louisiana's lowest point is 8 feet lower.
Alaska vs Louisiana Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Louisiana has 4,597,740 (2024).
- Louisiana's population is 6.2 times (521%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Louisiana: 106.4.
- Louisiana's population density is 81.8 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Louisiana's is New Orleans with 362,701.
- New Orleans' population is 1.3 times (25%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Louisiana's New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230).
- New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area's population is 2.4 times (137%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- In its current form, Louisiana is the older of the two by 147 years.
Alaska vs Louisiana Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Louisiana's $329.2 billion.
- Louisiana's economic output is 4.6 times (360%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Louisiana: $71,594.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (35%) higher than Louisiana's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Louisiana: $61,897 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Louisiana's.
Alaska vs Louisiana Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Louisiana has 64.
- Louisiana's county count is 2.1 times (113%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Louisiana's is Vernon Parish at 1,327 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 109.9 times larger than Vernon Parish's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Louisiana: Orleans Parish (170 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 2.6 times (161%) larger than Orleans Parish's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish (453,022 people).
- East Baton Rouge Parish's population is 1.6 times (56%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Louisiana: Tensas Parish (3,844 people).
- Tensas Parish's population is 5.6 times (457%) larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish ($82,398).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.9 times (92%) richer than St. Tammany Parish's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Louisiana: East Carroll Parish ($36,751).
- Kusilvak Census Area and East Carroll Parish have about the same income.
Alaska vs Louisiana Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Louisiana has a top income tax rate of 3%.
- Louisiana's top rate is 3 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Louisiana: 0.53% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.53 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Louisiana: 10.13%.
- Louisiana's combined rate is 8.31 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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