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Alaska vs Mississippi Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Mississippi has 46,925 square miles (121,534 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 12.2 times larger than Mississippi's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Mississippi: 48,436 square miles (125,448 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 13.7 times larger than Mississippi's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Mississippi is 337 miles (542 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 3.6 times (256%) longer than Mississippi's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Mississippi spans 340 miles (547 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 4.5 times (354%) wider than Mississippi's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Mississippi's is Woodall Mountain at 805 feet (245 m).
- Denali is 19,430 feet higher than Woodall Mountain.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Mississippi's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs Mississippi Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Mississippi has 2,943,045 (2024).
- Mississippi's population is 4.0 times (298%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Mississippi: 62.7.
- Mississippi's population density is 48.2 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Mississippi's is Jackson with 141,449.
- Anchorage's population is 2.0 times (105%) larger than Jackson's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Mississippi's Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345).
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's population is 3.3 times (229%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Mississippi: Admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, as the 20th state.
- In its current form, Mississippi is the older of the two by 142 years.
Alaska vs Mississippi Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Mississippi's $158.2 billion.
- Mississippi's economic output is 2.2 times (121%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Mississippi: $53,751.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.8 times (80%) higher than Mississippi's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Mississippi: $52,074 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.5 times (46%) higher than Mississippi's.
Alaska vs Mississippi Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Mississippi has 82.
- Mississippi's county count is 2.7 times (173%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Mississippi's is Yazoo County at 922 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 158.0 times larger than Yazoo County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Mississippi: Alcorn County (400 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 1.1 times (11%) larger than Alcorn County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Mississippi: Harrison County (213,730 people).
- Anchorage Municipality's population is 1.4 times (35%) larger than Harrison County's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Mississippi: Issaquena County (1,295 people).
- Issaquena County's population is 1.9 times (88%) larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Mississippi: Madison County ($90,668).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.7 times (75%) richer than Madison County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Mississippi: Issaquena County ($27,264).
- Kusilvak Census Area's income is 1.4 times (39%) richer than Issaquena County's.
Alaska vs Mississippi Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Mississippi has a top income tax rate of 4%.
- Mississippi's top rate is 4 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Mississippi: 0.65% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.41 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Mississippi: 7.06%.
- Mississippi's combined rate is 5.24 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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