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Virginia vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- Virginia has a land area of 39,481 square miles (102,256 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Yukon's land area is 4.6 times (364%) larger than Virginia's.
Total area
- Virginia: 42,775 square miles (110,786 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Yukon's total area is 4.4 times (335%) larger than Virginia's.
Length
- Virginia is 223 miles (359 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- Yukon's north-south length is 3.0 times (200%) longer than Virginia's.
Width
- Virginia spans 466 miles (750 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Yukon's east-west width is 1.8 times (78%) wider than Virginia's.
Highest point
- Virginia's highest point is Mount Rogers at 5,729 feet (1,746 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 13,822 feet higher than Mount Rogers.
Lowest point
- Virginia'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.
Virginia vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- Virginia has a population of 8,811,195 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- Virginia's population is 185.1 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- Virginia: 223.2 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- Virginia's population density is 744.0 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- Virginia's biggest city is Virginia Beach with 454,808 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- Virginia Beach's population is 16.1 times larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area
- Virginia's largest metropolitan area is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's population is 201.7 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- Virginia: Admitted to the Union on June 25, 1788, as the 10th state.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, Virginia is the older of the two by 110 years.
Virginia vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- Virginia's GDP is $761.7 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- Virginia's economic output is 238.0 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- Virginia: $86,451 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- Virginia's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (30%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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