State size comparison
compared to
New York is about 12 times smaller than Alaska.
Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km,
while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making
New York 8.25% the size of Alaska.
Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people
(18.7 million more people live in New York).
This to-scale comparison of
Alaska
vs.
New York
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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