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Alaska vs New Jersey Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while New Jersey has 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 77.7 times larger than New Jersey's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 76.4 times larger than New Jersey's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 7.1 times (611%) longer than New Jersey's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 12.0 times wider than New Jersey's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); New Jersey's is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m).
- Denali is 18,437 feet higher than High Point.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; New Jersey's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs New Jersey Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while New Jersey has 9,500,851 (2024).
- New Jersey's population is 12.8 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs New Jersey: 1,291.8.
- New Jersey's population density is 993.7 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; New Jersey's is Newark with 317,303.
- Newark's population is 1.1 times (10%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs New Jersey's New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 49.0 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- New Jersey: Admitted to the Union on December 18, 1787, as the 3rd state.
- In its current form, New Jersey is the older of the two by 172 years.
Alaska vs New Jersey Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs New Jersey's $846.0 billion.
- New Jersey's economic output is 11.8 times larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs New Jersey: $89,045.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (9%) higher than New Jersey's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs New Jersey: $84,893 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Jersey's average income is 1.1 times (11%) higher than Alaska's.
Alaska vs New Jersey Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while New Jersey has 21.
- Alaska's county count is 1.4 times (43%) higher than New Jersey's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; New Jersey's is Burlington County at 799 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 182.4 times larger than Burlington County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs New Jersey: Hudson County (46 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 9.6 times (859%) larger than Hudson County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs New Jersey: Bergen County (978,641 people).
- Bergen County's population is 3.4 times (238%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs New Jersey: Salem County (65,874 people).
- Salem County's population is 95.5 times larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Somerset County ($121,042).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.3 times (31%) richer than Somerset County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Cumberland County ($50,843).
- Cumberland County's income is 1.3 times (35%) richer than Kusilvak Census Area's.
Alaska vs New Jersey Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while New Jersey has a top income tax rate of 10.75%.
- New Jersey's top rate is 10.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs New Jersey: 1.89% of home value per year.
- New Jersey's rate is 0.83 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs New Jersey: 6.6%.
- New Jersey's combined rate is 4.78 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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