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Ohio vs Alberta Geography
Land area
- Ohio has a land area of 40,859 square miles (105,824 km²), while Alberta has 248,000 square miles (642,317 km²).
- Alberta's land area is 6.1 times (507%) larger than Ohio's.
Total area
- Ohio: 44,826 square miles (116,098 km²) vs Alberta: 255,541 square miles (661,848 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alberta's total area is 5.7 times (470%) larger than Ohio's.
Length
- Ohio is 291 miles (468 km) long from north to south; Alberta is 810 miles (1,303 km).
- Alberta's north-south length is 2.8 times (178%) longer than Ohio's.
Width
- Ohio spans 317 miles (510 km) east to west; Alberta spans 544 miles (876 km).
- Alberta's east-west width is 1.7 times (72%) wider than Ohio's.
Highest point
- Ohio's highest point is Campbell Hill at 1,547 feet (472 m); Alberta's is Mount Columbia at 12,293 feet (3,747 m).
- Mount Columbia is 10,746 feet higher than Campbell Hill.
Lowest point
- Ohio's lowest point is Ohio River at 455 feet; Alberta's is Slave River at 499 feet.
- Ohio's lowest point is 44 feet lower.
Ohio vs Alberta Population and History
Population
- Ohio has a population of 11,883,304 (2024), while Alberta has 5,048,151 (2026).
- Ohio's population is 2.4 times (135%) larger than Alberta's.
Population density
- Ohio: 290.8 people per square mile vs Alberta: 20.4.
- Ohio's population density is 14.3 times higher than Alberta's.
Biggest city
- Ohio's biggest city is Columbus with 933,263 people; Alberta's is Calgary with 1,306,784.
- Calgary's population is 1.4 times (40%) larger than Columbus'.
Largest metro area
- Ohio's largest metropolitan area is Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area (2,302,815 people) vs Alberta's Calgary CMA (1,481,806).
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area's population is 1.6 times (55%) larger than Calgary CMA's.
History
- Ohio: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, as the 17th state.
- Alberta: Joined Confederation on September 1, 1905.
- In its current form, Ohio is the older of the two by 102 years.
Ohio vs Alberta Economy
GDP
- Ohio's GDP is $923.1 billion (2024) vs Alberta's $346.0 billion.
- Ohio's economic output is 2.7 times (167%) larger than Alberta's.
GDP per capita
- Ohio: $77,684 per person vs Alberta: $70,487.
- Ohio's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Alberta's.
Official Websites
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