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Alaska vs Massachusetts Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Massachusetts has 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 73.2 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 63.1 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 9.8 times (876%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 8.3 times (735%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Massachusetts's is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m).
- Denali is 16,746 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Massachusetts's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs Massachusetts Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Massachusetts has 7,136,171 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 9.6 times (864%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Massachusetts: 914.8.
- Massachusetts' population density is 703.7 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Massachusetts's is Boston with 673,458.
- Boston's population is 2.3 times (133%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Massachusetts's Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 12.3 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 171 years.
Alaska vs Massachusetts Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Massachusetts's $778.5 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 10.9 times larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Massachusetts: $109,095.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Alaska's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Massachusetts: $93,607 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Alaska's.
Alaska vs Massachusetts Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Massachusetts has 14.
- Alaska's county count is 2.1 times (114%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Massachusetts's is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 96.5 times larger than Worcester County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 9.6 times (859%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people).
- Middlesex County's population is 5.8 times (476%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 21.3 times larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.2 times (23%) richer than Nantucket County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.7 times (73%) richer than Kusilvak Census Area's.
Alaska vs Massachusetts Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Massachusetts: 1% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.06 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Massachusetts: 6.25%.
- Massachusetts's combined rate is 4.43 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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