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Alaska vs Maryland Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Maryland has 9,711 square miles (25,151 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 58.8 times larger than Maryland's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Maryland: 12,406 square miles (32,131 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 53.7 times larger than Maryland's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Maryland is 231 miles (371 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 5.2 times (420%) longer than Maryland's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Maryland spans 243 miles (391 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 6.4 times (535%) wider than Maryland's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Maryland's is Hoye-Crest at 3,362 feet (1,025 m).
- Denali is 16,873 feet higher than Hoye-Crest.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Maryland's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs Maryland Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Maryland has 6,263,220 (2024).
- Maryland's population is 8.5 times (746%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Maryland: 645.0.
- Maryland's population density is 496.2 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Maryland's is Baltimore with 568,271.
- Baltimore's population is 2.0 times (96%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Maryland's Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's population is 15.8 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Maryland: Admitted to the Union on April 28, 1788, as the 7th state.
- In its current form, Maryland is the older of the two by 171 years.
Alaska vs Maryland Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Maryland's $546.0 billion.
- Maryland's economic output is 7.6 times (663%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Maryland: $87,180.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (11%) higher than Maryland's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Maryland: $79,259 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska and Maryland have about the same average income.
Alaska vs Maryland Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Maryland has 24.
- Alaska's county count is 1.3 times (25%) higher than Maryland's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Maryland's is Frederick County at 661 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 220.7 times larger than Frederick County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Maryland: Baltimore city (81 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 5.5 times (447%) larger than Baltimore city's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Maryland: Montgomery County (1,082,273 people).
- Montgomery County's population is 3.7 times (274%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Maryland: Kent County (19,557 people).
- Kent County's population is 28.3 times larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Maryland: Montgomery County ($104,882).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.5 times (51%) richer than Montgomery County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Maryland: Somerset County ($41,421).
- Somerset County's income is 1.1 times (10%) richer than Kusilvak Census Area's.
Alaska vs Maryland Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Maryland has a top income tax rate of 6.5%.
- Maryland's top rate is 6.5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Maryland: 0.95% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.11 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Maryland: 6%.
- Maryland's combined rate is 4.18 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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