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Alaska vs Michigan Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Michigan has 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 10.1 times larger than Michigan's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 6.9 times (588%) larger than Michigan's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Michigan is 489 miles (786 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 2.5 times (146%) longer than Michigan's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 3.4 times (241%) wider than Michigan's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Michigan's is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m).
- Denali is 18,221 feet higher than Mount Arvon.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Michigan's is Lake Erie at 571 feet.
- Alaska's lowest point is 571 feet lower.
Alaska vs Michigan Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Michigan has 10,140,459 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 13.7 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Michigan: 179.1.
- Michigan's population density is 137.8 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Michigan's is Detroit with 645,705.
- Detroit's population is 2.2 times (123%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Michigan's Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578).
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's population is 10.8 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- In its current form, Michigan is the older of the two by 122 years.
Alaska vs Michigan Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Michigan's $702.5 billion.
- Michigan's economic output is 9.8 times (881%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Michigan: $69,274.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (40%) higher than Michigan's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Michigan: $63,690 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.2 times (20%) higher than Michigan's.
Alaska vs Michigan Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Michigan has 83.
- Michigan's county count is 2.8 times (177%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Michigan's is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 80.6 times larger than Marquette County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 1.4 times (39%) larger than Benzie County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people).
- Wayne County's population is 6.1 times (512%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people).
- Keweenaw County's population is 3.1 times (213%) larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.7 times (69%) richer than Oakland County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Michigan: Lake County ($39,505).
- Kusilvak Census Area and Lake County have about the same income.
Alaska vs Michigan Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%.
- Michigan's top rate is 4.25 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Michigan: 1.18% of home value per year.
- Michigan's rate is 0.12 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Michigan: 6%.
- Michigan's combined rate is 4.18 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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