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California vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- California has a land area of 155,859 square miles (403,673 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Yukon's land area is 1.2 times (18%) larger than California's.
Total area
- California: 163,694 square miles (423,965 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Yukon's total area is 1.1 times (14%) larger than California's.
Length
- California is 761 miles (1,224 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- California's north-south length is 1.1 times (14%) longer than Yukon's.
Width
- California spans 706 miles (1,137 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Yukon's east-west width is 1.2 times (18%) wider than California's.
Highest point
- California's highest point is Mount Whitney at 14,484 feet (4,415 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 5,067 feet higher than Mount Whitney.
Lowest point
- California's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Yukon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- California's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
California vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- California has a population of 39,431,263 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- California's population is 828.5 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- California: 253.0 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- California's population density is 843.3 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- California's biggest city is Los Angeles with 3,878,704 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- Los Angeles' population is 137.5 times larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area
- California's largest metropolitan area is Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area (12,927,614 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area's population is 405.1 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- California: Admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850, as the 31st state.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, California is the older of the two by 48 years.
California vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- California's GDP is $4,048.1 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- California's economic output is 1,265.0 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- California: $102,662 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- California's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (54%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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