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Missouri vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- Missouri has a land area of 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Yukon's land area is 2.7 times (166%) larger than Missouri's.
Total area
- Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Yukon's total area is 2.7 times (167%) larger than Missouri's.
Length
- Missouri is 328 miles (529 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- Yukon's north-south length is 2.0 times (104%) longer than Missouri's.
Width
- Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Yukon's east-west width is 1.9 times (90%) wider than Missouri's.
Highest point
- Missouri's highest point is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 17,780 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- Missouri's lowest point is St. Francis River at 230 feet; Yukon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Yukon's lowest point is 230 feet lower.
Missouri vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- Missouri has a population of 6,245,466 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- Missouri's population is 131.2 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- Missouri: 90.8 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- Missouri's population density is 302.7 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- Missouri's biggest city is Kansas City with 516,032 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- Kansas City's population is 18.3 times larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area
- Missouri's largest metropolitan area is St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's population is 88.1 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, Missouri is the older of the two by 77 years.
Missouri vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- Missouri's GDP is $448.7 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- Missouri's economic output is 140.2 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- Missouri: $71,846 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- Missouri's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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