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Wisconsin vs Northwest Territories Geography
Land area
- Wisconsin has a land area of 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²), while Northwest Territories has 456,792 square miles (1,183,085 km²).
- Northwest Territories' land area is 8.4 times (743%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Total area
- Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²) vs Northwest Territories: 519,734 square miles (1,346,106 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Northwest Territories' total area is 7.9 times (694%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Length
- Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km) long from north to south; Northwest Territories is 1,310 miles (2,107 km).
- Northwest Territories' north-south length is 3.6 times (256%) longer than Wisconsin's.
Width
- Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km) east to west; Northwest Territories spans 990 miles (1,593 km).
- Northwest Territories' east-west width is 3.1 times (207%) wider than Wisconsin's.
Highest point
- Wisconsin's highest point is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m); Northwest Territories's is Mount Nirvana at 9,098 feet (2,773 m).
- Mount Nirvana is 7,152 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- Wisconsin's lowest point is Lake Michigan at 577 feet; Northwest Territories's is Arctic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Northwest Territories's lowest point is 577 feet lower.
Wisconsin vs Northwest Territories Population and History
Population
- Wisconsin has a population of 5,960,975 (2024), while Northwest Territories has 45,257 (2024).
- Wisconsin's population is 131.7 times larger than Northwest Territories'.
Population density
- Wisconsin: 110.0 people per square mile vs Northwest Territories: 0.1.
- Wisconsin's population density is 1,100.0 times higher than Northwest Territories'.
Biggest city
- Wisconsin's biggest city is Milwaukee with 563,531 people; Northwest Territories's is Yellowknife with 20,340.
- Milwaukee's population is 27.7 times larger than Yellowknife's.
Largest metro area
- Wisconsin's largest metropolitan area is Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952 people) vs Northwest Territories's Yellowknife CMA (20,340).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 184.8 times larger than Yellowknife CMA's.
History
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- Northwest Territories: Became a Canadian territory on July 15, 1870.
- In its current form, Wisconsin is the older of the two by 22 years.
Wisconsin vs Northwest Territories Economy
GDP
- Wisconsin's GDP is $453.3 billion (2024) vs Northwest Territories's $3.7 billion.
- Wisconsin's economic output is 122.5 times larger than Northwest Territories'.
GDP per capita
- Wisconsin: $76,044 per person vs Northwest Territories: $82,646.
- Northwest Territories' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Official Websites
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