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New York vs Yukon Geography
Land area: New York has a land area of 47,123 square miles (122,049 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²). Yukon's land area is 3.9 times (289%) larger than New York's.
Total area: New York: 54,559 square miles (141,306 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water. Yukon's total area is 3.4 times (241%) larger than New York's.
Length: New York is 312 miles (503 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km). Yukon's north-south length is 2.1 times (114%) longer than New York's.
Width: New York spans 415 miles (668 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km). Yukon's east-west width is 2.0 times (100%) wider than New York's.
Highest point: New York's highest point is Mount Marcy at 5,335 feet (1,626 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m). Mount Logan is 14,216 feet higher than Mount Marcy.
Lowest point: New York'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 York vs Yukon Population and History
Population: New York has a population of 19,867,248 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024). New York's population is 417.4 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density: New York: 421.6 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3. New York's population density is 1,405.3 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city: New York's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201. New York's population is 300.6 times larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area: New York'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 York: Admitted to the Union on July 26, 1788, as the 11th state. Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898. In its current form, New York is the older of the two by 110 years.
New York vs Yukon Economy
GDP: New York's GDP is $2,322.1 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion. New York's economic output is 725.7 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita: New York: $116,883 per person vs Yukon: $66,713. New York's GDP per capita is 1.8 times (75%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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Area, elevation and boundary figures come from official national statistics and US Census Bureau and Natural Earth boundary data; US state population, economic, county and tax figures come from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Tax Foundation. Figures are rounded and for general reference.