We’re walking around Anchorage today. It’s only moderately chilly and pretty sunny – a nice day.
Facts for the day :
Alaska is by far the largest state in the U.S. – twice as large, in fact, as #2 Texas. Alaska is also larger than all but 18 of the world’s nations.
The entire state of Alaska has only around 664,000 people. The population density works out to be 1.1 people per square mile. By comparison the tiny island of Manhattan in New York City has around 1.5 million people and a population density of around 67,000 people per square mile.