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Alaska vs New Mexico Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while New Mexico has 121,313 square miles (314,198 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 4.7 times (371%) larger than New Mexico's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs New Mexico: 121,593 square miles (314,925 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 5.5 times (448%) larger than New Mexico's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; New Mexico is 395 miles (635 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 3.0 times (204%) longer than New Mexico's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; New Mexico spans 498 miles (801 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 3.1 times (210%) wider than New Mexico's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); New Mexico's is Wheeler Peak at 13,150 feet (4,008 m).
- Denali is 7,085 feet higher than Wheeler Peak.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; New Mexico's is Red Bluff Reservoir at 2,842 feet.
- Alaska's lowest point is 2,842 feet lower.
Alaska vs New Mexico Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while New Mexico has 2,130,256 (2024).
- New Mexico's population is 2.9 times (188%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs New Mexico: 17.6.
- New Mexico's population density is 13.5 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; New Mexico's is Albuquerque with 560,326.
- Albuquerque's population is 1.9 times (93%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs New Mexico's Albuquerque, NM metro area (926,303).
- Albuquerque, NM metro area's population is 2.3 times (127%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- New Mexico: Admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912, as the 47th state.
- In its current form, New Mexico is the older of the two by 47 years.
Alaska vs New Mexico Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs New Mexico's $147.1 billion.
- New Mexico's economic output is 2.1 times (105%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs New Mexico: $69,046.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (40%) higher than New Mexico's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs New Mexico: $58,249 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.3 times (31%) higher than New Mexico's.
Alaska vs New Mexico Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while New Mexico has 33.
- New Mexico's county count is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; New Mexico's is Catron County at 6,924 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 21.1 times larger than Catron County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County (109 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 4.1 times (306%) larger than Los Alamos County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs New Mexico: Bernalillo County (671,747 people).
- Bernalillo County's population is 2.3 times (132%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs New Mexico: Harding County (635 people).
- Yakutat City and Borough's population is 1.1 times (9%) larger than Harding County's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County ($98,378).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.6 times (61%) richer than Los Alamos County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Cibola County ($36,397).
- Kusilvak Census Area and Cibola County have about the same income.
Alaska vs New Mexico Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while New Mexico has a top income tax rate of 5.9%.
- New Mexico's top rate is 5.9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs New Mexico: 0.63% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.43 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs New Mexico: 7.68%.
- New Mexico's combined rate is 5.86 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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