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Alaska vs Missouri Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Missouri has 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 8.3 times (731%) larger than Missouri's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 9.6 times (855%) larger than Missouri's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Missouri is 328 miles (529 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 3.7 times (266%) longer than Missouri's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 3.5 times (253%) wider than Missouri's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Missouri's is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m).
- Denali is 18,464 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Missouri's is St. Francis River at 230 feet.
- Alaska's lowest point is 230 feet lower.
Alaska vs Missouri Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Missouri has 6,245,466 (2024).
- Missouri's population is 8.4 times (744%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Missouri: 90.8.
- Missouri's population density is 69.8 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Missouri's is Kansas City with 516,032.
- Kansas City's population is 1.8 times (78%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Missouri's St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927).
- St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's population is 6.9 times (591%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- In its current form, Missouri is the older of the two by 138 years.
Alaska vs Missouri Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Missouri's $448.7 billion.
- Missouri's economic output is 6.3 times (527%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Missouri: $71,846.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (35%) higher than Missouri's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Missouri: $64,920 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.2 times (17%) higher than Missouri's.
Alaska vs Missouri Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Missouri has 115.
- Missouri's county count is 3.8 times (283%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Missouri's is Texas County at 1,177 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 123.8 times larger than Texas County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 7.2 times (618%) larger than St. Louis city's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people).
- St. Louis County's population is 3.4 times (243%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people).
- Worth County's population is 2.7 times (171%) larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.5 times (51%) richer than St. Louis County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515).
- Douglas County's income is 1.1 times (7%) richer than Kusilvak Census Area's.
Alaska vs Missouri Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%.
- Missouri's top rate is 4.7 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Missouri: 0.79% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.27 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Missouri: 8.44%.
- Missouri's combined rate is 6.62 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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