1. The western part of Alaska has no road system connecting the communities with the rest of Alaska.
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3. Alaska is the only non-contiguous US state on continental North America; about 500 miles of British Columbia (Canada) separates Alaska from Washington.
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4. Alaska is a US state situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.
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6. Alaska is the last great wilderness in the United States Civilization has only encroached on about 160,000 acres of its 365 million acres.
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7. The University of Alaska is the state's leading higher-educational institution.
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12. In 2004, Alaska has the 17th highest per capita income in the United States at $34,000.
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14. In 2006, Alaska ranked 47th in United States with an estimated total of 670,053 residents.
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15. In 1958, when Alaska was approved for statehood, Ernest *Gruening, a former territorial governor, was elected as a United States senator.
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17. Alaska is the largest state in the United States, equal to one-fifth of the country's continental land mass.
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26. In 2005, Alaska had the lowest personal bankruptcy rate in the United States.
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32. In the United States, Alaska is the state that is farthest north, east, and west.
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33. For the second time, an Alaska Sports Hall of Fame plaque has been removed from an exhibit at the Anchorage airport in order to edit what it says.
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38. In 2010, Alaska ranked as the 47th state by population, ahead of North Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.
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40. Alaska is the largest state in the United States by total area at 663,268 square miles, over twice the size of Texas, the next largest state.
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41. Alaska is the northernmost and westernmost state in the United States and has the most easterly longitude in the United States because the Aleutian Islands extend into the Eastern Hemisphere.
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