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Alaska vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 10.5 times larger than Wisconsin's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 10.2 times larger than Wisconsin's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 3.3 times (226%) longer than Wisconsin's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 4.8 times (378%) wider than Wisconsin's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m).
- Denali is 18,289 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet.
- Alaska's lowest point is 577 feet lower.
Alaska vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024).
- Wisconsin's population is 8.1 times (705%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0.
- Wisconsin's population density is 84.6 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531.
- Milwaukee's population is 1.9 times (95%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Wisconsin's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 9.2 times (823%) larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- In its current form, Wisconsin is the older of the two by 111 years.
Alaska vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion.
- Wisconsin's economic output is 6.3 times (533%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (27%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Wisconsin: $67,755 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Alaska vs Wisconsin Counties
Number of counties
- Alaska has 30 counties, while Wisconsin has 72.
- Wisconsin's county count is 2.4 times (140%) higher than Alaska's.
Biggest county by area
- Alaska's largest county is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at 145,769 square miles; Wisconsin's is Marathon County at 1,545 square miles.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's land area is 94.3 times larger than Marathon County's.
Smallest county by area
- Alaska: Skagway Municipality (443 sq mi) vs Wisconsin: Pepin County (232 sq mi).
- Skagway Municipality's land area is 1.9 times (91%) larger than Pepin County's.
Most populous county
- Alaska: Anchorage Municipality (289,600 people) vs Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (924,740 people).
- Milwaukee County's population is 3.2 times (219%) larger than Anchorage Municipality's.
Least populous county
- Alaska: Yakutat City and Borough (690 people) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County (4,286 people).
- Menominee County's population is 6.2 times (521%) larger than Yakutat City and Borough's.
Richest county
- Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough ($158,406 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Ozaukee County ($109,947).
- Bristol Bay Borough's income is 1.4 times (44%) richer than Ozaukee County's.
Poorest county
- Alaska: Kusilvak Census Area ($37,765 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County ($43,696).
- Menominee County's income is 1.2 times (16%) richer than Kusilvak Census Area's.
Alaska vs Wisconsin Taxes
State income tax
- Alaska has no state income tax, while Wisconsin has a top income tax rate of 7.65%.
- Wisconsin's top rate is 7.65 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Alaska: 1.06% effective rate vs Wisconsin: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Wisconsin's rate is 0.19 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Alaska: 1.82% combined state and average local rate vs Wisconsin: 5.72%.
- Wisconsin's combined rate is 3.9 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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