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United States vs Alaska Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Alaska has 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²).
- United States' land area is 6.2 times (519%) larger than Alaska's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 5.7 times (471%) larger than Alaska's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km).
- United States' north-south length is 3.0 times (202%) longer than Alaska's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km).
- United States' east-west width is 3.1 times (212%) wider than Alaska's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Alaska's is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m).
- Denali is 73 feet higher than Denali.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Alaska's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Alaska Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Alaska has 740,133 (2024).
- United States' population is 459.5 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Alaska: 1.3.
- United States' population density is 74.1 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Alaska's is Anchorage with 289,600.
- New York's population is 29.3 times larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- United States's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Alaska's Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 49.0 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 183 years.
United States vs Alaska Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Alaska's $71.6 billion.
- United States' economic output is 429.7 times larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Alaska: $96,695.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than United States'.
Official Websites
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