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Iowa vs Northwest Territories Geography
Land area
- Iowa has a land area of 55,854 square miles (144,660 km²), while Northwest Territories has 456,792 square miles (1,183,085 km²).
- Northwest Territories' land area is 8.2 times (718%) larger than Iowa's.
Total area
- Iowa: 56,273 square miles (145,746 km²) vs Northwest Territories: 519,734 square miles (1,346,106 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Northwest Territories' total area is 9.2 times (824%) larger than Iowa's.
Length
- Iowa is 216 miles (347 km) long from north to south; Northwest Territories is 1,310 miles (2,107 km).
- Northwest Territories' north-south length is 6.1 times (506%) longer than Iowa's.
Width
- Iowa spans 335 miles (539 km) east to west; Northwest Territories spans 990 miles (1,593 km).
- Northwest Territories' east-west width is 3.0 times (196%) wider than Iowa's.
Highest point
- Iowa's highest point is Hawkeye Point at 1,669 feet (509 m); Northwest Territories's is Mount Nirvana at 9,098 feet (2,773 m).
- Mount Nirvana is 7,429 feet higher than Hawkeye Point.
Lowest point
- Iowa's lowest point is Mississippi River at 480 feet; Northwest Territories's is Arctic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Northwest Territories's lowest point is 480 feet lower.
Iowa vs Northwest Territories Population and History
Population
- Iowa has a population of 3,241,488 (2024), while Northwest Territories has 45,257 (2024).
- Iowa's population is 71.6 times larger than Northwest Territories'.
Population density
- Iowa: 58.0 people per square mile vs Northwest Territories: 0.1.
- Iowa's population density is 580.0 times higher than Northwest Territories'.
Biggest city
- Iowa's biggest city is Des Moines with 213,096 people; Northwest Territories's is Yellowknife with 20,340.
- Des Moines' population is 10.5 times larger than Yellowknife's.
Largest metro area
- Iowa's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs Northwest Territories's Yellowknife CMA (20,340).
- Omaha, NE-IA metro area's population is 49.2 times larger than Yellowknife CMA's.
History
- Iowa: Admitted to the Union on December 28, 1846, as the 29th state.
- Northwest Territories: Became a Canadian territory on July 15, 1870.
- In its current form, Iowa is the older of the two by 24 years.
Iowa vs Northwest Territories Economy
GDP
- Iowa's GDP is $265.8 billion (2024) vs Northwest Territories's $3.7 billion.
- Iowa's economic output is 71.8 times larger than Northwest Territories'.
GDP per capita
- Iowa: $81,998 per person vs Northwest Territories: $82,646.
- Iowa and Northwest Territories have about the same GDP per capita.
Official Websites
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