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New Jersey vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- New Jersey has a land area of 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Yukon's land area is 24.9 times larger than New Jersey's.
Total area
- New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Yukon's total area is 21.4 times larger than New Jersey's.
Length
- New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- Yukon's north-south length is 4.0 times (296%) longer than New Jersey's.
Width
- New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Yukon's east-west width is 6.4 times (543%) wider than New Jersey's.
Highest point
- New Jersey's highest point is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 17,753 feet higher than High Point.
Lowest point
- New Jersey'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.
New Jersey vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- New Jersey has a population of 9,500,851 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- New Jersey's population is 199.6 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- New Jersey: 1,291.8 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- New Jersey's population density is 4,306.0 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- New Jersey's biggest city is Newark with 317,303 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- Newark's population is 11.3 times larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area
- New Jersey's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 624.8 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- New Jersey: Admitted to the Union on December 18, 1787, as the 3rd state.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, New Jersey is the older of the two by 111 years.
New Jersey vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- New Jersey's GDP is $846.0 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- New Jersey's economic output is 264.4 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- New Jersey: $89,045 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- New Jersey's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (33%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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