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Alaska vs Tennessee Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Tennessee has 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 13.9 times larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 15.8 times larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 6.3 times (529%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 3.1 times (211%) wider than Tennessee's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Tennessee's is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
- Denali is 13,611 feet higher than Clingmans Dome.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Tennessee's is Mississippi River at 178 feet.
- Alaska's lowest point is 178 feet lower.
Alaska vs Tennessee Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Tennessee has 7,227,750 (2024).
- Tennessee's population is 9.8 times (877%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Tennessee: 175.3.
- Tennessee's population density is 134.8 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Tennessee's is Nashville with 704,963.
- Nashville's population is 2.4 times (143%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Tennessee's Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553).
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's population is 5.3 times (428%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.
- In its current form, Tennessee is the older of the two by 163 years.
Alaska vs Tennessee Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Tennessee's $561.2 billion.
- Tennessee's economic output is 7.8 times (684%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Tennessee: $77,645.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (25%) higher than Tennessee's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Tennessee: $66,504 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.1 times (15%) higher than Tennessee's.
Alaska vs Tennessee Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Tennessee has 95.
- Tennessee's county count is 3.2 times (217%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Tennessee's is Shelby County at 753 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 193.6 times larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 3.9 times (287%) larger than Trousdale County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people).
- Shelby County's population is 3.1 times (214%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people).
- Pickett County's population is 7.4 times (640%) larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.1 times (13%) richer than Williamson County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572).
- Kusilvak Census Area's income is 1.2 times (20%) richer than Lake County's.
Alaska vs Tennessee Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Tennessee has no state income tax.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Tennessee: 0.45% of home value per year.
- Alaska's rate is 0.61 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Tennessee: 9.61%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 7.79 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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