For this installation of Countdown To Alaska I thought I’d share some interesting facts about the state.
- State Capital: Juneau (map)
- Largest City: Anchorage (map)
- State Population: 670,053 (2006)
- Population Density: 1.1/sq mi (The least densely populated state)
- Land Area: 663,267 sq mi
- Median Household Income: $57,071 USD
- Alaska is the largest state in the US in land area and is over twice as large as Texas
- Alaska has more coastline than all the other US states combined
- Alaska is the only state whose capital city is inaccessible by land (no roads connect Juneau to the rest of the state)
- The area that became Alaska was purchased from Russian interests on March 30, 1867. The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory on May 11, 1912 and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.
- The name “Alaska” is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning “the mainland”, or more literally “the object towards which the action of the sea is directed”.
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