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Missouri vs Northwest Territories Geography
Land area
- Missouri has a land area of 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²), while Northwest Territories has 456,792 square miles (1,183,085 km²).
- Northwest Territories' land area is 6.6 times (564%) larger than Missouri's.
Total area
- Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²) vs Northwest Territories: 519,734 square miles (1,346,106 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Northwest Territories' total area is 7.5 times (646%) larger than Missouri's.
Length
- Missouri is 328 miles (529 km) long from north to south; Northwest Territories is 1,310 miles (2,107 km).
- Northwest Territories' north-south length is 4.0 times (299%) longer than Missouri's.
Width
- Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km) east to west; Northwest Territories spans 990 miles (1,593 km).
- Northwest Territories' east-west width is 2.3 times (127%) wider than Missouri's.
Highest point
- Missouri's highest point is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m); Northwest Territories's is Mount Nirvana at 9,098 feet (2,773 m).
- Mount Nirvana is 7,327 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- Missouri's lowest point is St. Francis River at 230 feet; Northwest Territories's is Arctic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Northwest Territories's lowest point is 230 feet lower.
Missouri vs Northwest Territories Population and History
Population
- Missouri has a population of 6,245,466 (2024), while Northwest Territories has 45,257 (2024).
- Missouri's population is 138.0 times larger than Northwest Territories'.
Population density
- Missouri: 90.8 people per square mile vs Northwest Territories: 0.1.
- Missouri's population density is 908.0 times higher than Northwest Territories'.
Biggest city
- Missouri's biggest city is Kansas City with 516,032 people; Northwest Territories's is Yellowknife with 20,340.
- Kansas City's population is 25.4 times larger than Yellowknife's.
Largest metro area
- Missouri's largest metropolitan area is St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927 people) vs Northwest Territories's Yellowknife CMA (20,340).
- St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's population is 138.2 times larger than Yellowknife CMA's.
History
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- Northwest Territories: Became a Canadian territory on July 15, 1870.
- In its current form, Missouri is the older of the two by 49 years.
Missouri vs Northwest Territories Economy
GDP
- Missouri's GDP is $448.7 billion (2024) vs Northwest Territories's $3.7 billion.
- Missouri's economic output is 121.3 times larger than Northwest Territories'.
GDP per capita
- Missouri: $71,846 per person vs Northwest Territories: $82,646.
- Northwest Territories' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (15%) higher than Missouri's.
Official Websites
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