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Wisconsin vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- Wisconsin has a land area of 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Yukon's land area is 3.4 times (238%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Total area
- Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Yukon's total area is 2.8 times (184%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Length
- Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- Yukon's north-south length is 1.8 times (82%) longer than Wisconsin's.
Width
- Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Yukon's east-west width is 2.6 times (157%) wider than Wisconsin's.
Highest point
- Wisconsin's highest point is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 17,605 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- Wisconsin's lowest point is Lake Michigan at 577 feet; Yukon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Yukon's lowest point is 577 feet lower.
Wisconsin vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- Wisconsin has a population of 5,960,975 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- Wisconsin's population is 125.2 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- Wisconsin: 110.0 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- Wisconsin's population density is 366.7 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- Wisconsin's biggest city is Milwaukee with 563,531 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- Milwaukee's population is 20.0 times larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area
- Wisconsin's largest metropolitan area is Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 117.8 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, Wisconsin is the older of the two by 50 years.
Wisconsin vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- Wisconsin's GDP is $453.3 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- Wisconsin's economic output is 141.7 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- Wisconsin: $76,044 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- Wisconsin's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (14%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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