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Alaska vs Nebraska Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Nebraska has 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 7.4 times (644%) larger than Nebraska's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 8.6 times (761%) larger than Nebraska's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 2.4 times (142%) longer than Nebraska's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 3.3 times (233%) wider than Nebraska's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Nebraska's is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m).
- Denali is 14,807 feet higher than Panorama Point.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Nebraska's is Missouri River at 840 feet.
- Alaska's lowest point is 840 feet lower.
Alaska vs Nebraska Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Nebraska has 2,005,465 (2024).
- Nebraska's population is 2.7 times (171%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Nebraska: 26.1.
- Nebraska's population density is 20.1 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Nebraska's is Omaha with 489,265.
- Omaha's population is 1.7 times (69%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Nebraska's Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010).
- Omaha, NE-IA metro area's population is 2.5 times (146%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th state.
- In its current form, Nebraska is the older of the two by 92 years.
Alaska vs Nebraska Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Nebraska's $189.2 billion.
- Nebraska's economic output is 2.6 times (164%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Nebraska: $94,363.
- Alaska and Nebraska have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Nebraska: $72,701 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.0 times (5%) higher than Nebraska's.
Alaska vs Nebraska Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Nebraska has 93.
- Nebraska's county count is 3.1 times (210%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Nebraska's is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 24.5 times larger than Cherry County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Nebraska: Sarpy County (238 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 1.9 times (86%) larger than Sarpy County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Nebraska: Douglas County (601,158 people).
- Douglas County's population is 2.1 times (108%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Nebraska: McPherson County (376 people).
- Yakutat City and Borough's population is 1.8 times (84%) larger than McPherson County's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Nebraska: Pierce County ($112,729).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.4 times (41%) richer than Pierce County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Nebraska: Johnson County ($45,756).
- Johnson County's income is 1.2 times (21%) richer than Kusilvak Census Area's.
Alaska vs Nebraska Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Nebraska has a top income tax rate of 4.55%.
- Nebraska's top rate is 4.55 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Nebraska: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Nebraska's rate is 0.36 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Nebraska: 6.98%.
- Nebraska's combined rate is 5.16 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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