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Alaska vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 2.2 times (119%) larger than Texas'.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 2.5 times (148%) larger than Texas'.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 1.5 times (49%) longer than Texas'.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 2.0 times (99%) wider than Texas'.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Denali is 11,505 feet higher than Guadalupe Peak.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 42.3 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Texas' population density is 92.2 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 8.3 times (725%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 20.5 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, Texas is the older of the two by 114 years.
Alaska vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 38.7 times larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Texas'.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Texas'.
Alaska vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 8.5 times (747%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 23.6 times larger than Brewster County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 3.5 times (248%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 17.3 times larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Yakutat City and Borough's population is 14.4 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 1.4 times (39%) richer than Bristol Bay Borough's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Kusilvak Census Area's income is 1.1 times (10%) richer than Starr County's.
Alaska vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Texas has no state income tax.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.25 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 6.38 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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