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Alaska vs Minnesota Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Minnesota has 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 7.2 times (617%) larger than Minnesota's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 7.7 times (666%) larger than Minnesota's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 2.9 times (194%) longer than Minnesota's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 4.3 times (329%) wider than Minnesota's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Minnesota's is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m).
- Denali is 17,943 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Minnesota's is Lake Superior at 601 feet.
- Alaska's lowest point is 601 feet lower.
Alaska vs Minnesota Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Minnesota has 5,793,151 (2024).
- Minnesota's population is 7.8 times (683%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Minnesota: 72.7.
- Minnesota's population density is 55.9 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Minnesota's is Minneapolis with 428,579.
- Minneapolis' population is 1.5 times (48%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Minnesota's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 9.2 times (823%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- In its current form, Minnesota is the older of the two by 101 years.
Alaska vs Minnesota Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Minnesota's $507.7 billion.
- Minnesota's economic output is 7.1 times (609%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Minnesota: $87,636.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Minnesota's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Minnesota: $75,603 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska and Minnesota have about the same average income.
Alaska vs Minnesota Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Minnesota has 87.
- Minnesota's county count is 2.9 times (190%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Minnesota's is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 23.3 times larger than St. Louis County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 2.9 times (191%) larger than Ramsey County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people).
- Hennepin County's population is 4.4 times (340%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people).
- Traverse County's population is 4.5 times (354%) larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.6 times (58%) richer than Hennepin County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677).
- Pine County's income is 1.3 times (29%) richer than Kusilvak Census Area's.
Alaska vs Minnesota Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%.
- Minnesota's top rate is 9.85 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Minnesota: 1.02% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.04 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Minnesota: 8.14%.
- Minnesota's combined rate is 6.32 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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