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Massachusetts vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Yukon's land area is 23.5 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Yukon's total area is 17.6 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- Yukon's north-south length is 5.4 times (444%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Yukon's east-west width is 4.5 times (349%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 16,062 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Yukon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Massachusetts vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 149.9 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- Massachusetts' population density is 3,049.3 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- Boston's population is 23.9 times larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 157.5 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 110 years.
Massachusetts vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 243.3 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.6 times (64%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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