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Alaska vs North Carolina Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while North Carolina has 48,624 square miles (125,936 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 11.7 times larger than North Carolina's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs North Carolina: 53,819 square miles (139,390 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 12.4 times larger than North Carolina's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; North Carolina is 258 miles (415 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 4.7 times (366%) longer than North Carolina's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; North Carolina spans 487 miles (784 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 3.2 times (217%) wider than North Carolina's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); North Carolina's is Mount Mitchell at 6,674 feet (2,034 m).
- Denali is 13,561 feet higher than Mount Mitchell.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; North Carolina's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs North Carolina Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while North Carolina has 11,046,024 (2024).
- North Carolina's population is 14.9 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs North Carolina: 227.2.
- North Carolina's population density is 174.8 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; North Carolina's is Charlotte with 943,476.
- Charlotte's population is 3.3 times (226%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs North Carolina's Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370).
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's population is 7.1 times (608%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- North Carolina: Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state.
- In its current form, North Carolina is the older of the two by 170 years.
Alaska vs North Carolina Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs North Carolina's $844.2 billion.
- North Carolina's economic output is 11.8 times larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs North Carolina: $76,427.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (27%) higher than North Carolina's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs North Carolina: $65,634 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.2 times (16%) higher than North Carolina's.
Alaska vs North Carolina Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while North Carolina has 100.
- North Carolina's county count is 3.3 times (233%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; North Carolina's is Robeson County at 947 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 153.9 times larger than Robeson County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs North Carolina: Chowan County (173 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 2.6 times (156%) larger than Chowan County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs North Carolina: Wake County (1,232,444 people).
- Wake County's population is 4.3 times (326%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs North Carolina: Tyrrell County (3,517 people).
- Tyrrell County's population is 5.1 times (410%) larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs North Carolina: Chatham County ($91,638).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.7 times (73%) richer than Chatham County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs North Carolina: Warren County ($40,932).
- Warren County's income is 1.1 times (8%) richer than Kusilvak Census Area's.
Alaska vs North Carolina Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while North Carolina has a top income tax rate of 3.99%.
- North Carolina's top rate is 3.99 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs North Carolina: 0.61% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.45 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs North Carolina: 7.1%.
- North Carolina's combined rate is 5.28 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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