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Iowa vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- Iowa has a land area of 55,854 square miles (144,660 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Yukon's land area is 3.3 times (228%) larger than Iowa's.
Total area
- Iowa: 56,273 square miles (145,746 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Yukon's total area is 3.3 times (231%) larger than Iowa's.
Length
- Iowa is 216 miles (347 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- Yukon's north-south length is 3.1 times (210%) longer than Iowa's.
Width
- Iowa spans 335 miles (539 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Yukon's east-west width is 2.5 times (148%) wider than Iowa's.
Highest point
- Iowa's highest point is Hawkeye Point at 1,669 feet (509 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 17,882 feet higher than Hawkeye Point.
Lowest point
- Iowa's lowest point is Mississippi River at 480 feet; Yukon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Yukon's lowest point is 480 feet lower.
Iowa vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- Iowa has a population of 3,241,488 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- Iowa's population is 68.1 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- Iowa: 58.0 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- Iowa's population density is 193.3 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- Iowa's biggest city is Des Moines with 213,096 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- Des Moines' population is 7.6 times (656%) larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area
- Iowa's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- Omaha, NE-IA metro area's population is 31.4 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- Iowa: Admitted to the Union on December 28, 1846, as the 29th state.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, Iowa is the older of the two by 52 years.
Iowa vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- Iowa's GDP is $265.8 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- Iowa's economic output is 83.1 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- Iowa: $81,998 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- Iowa's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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