Two Measures of Scale. The size of a miniature, relative to what it is a replica of, is known as the scale of the figure. For no particularly good reason, two different systems are used to rate scale. Some scales are given as a ratio, variously written as either a ratio (i.e., 1:300 or 1.300) or a fraction (i.e., 1/300).
Land area. Water area. US states by water area. Alaska is the largest state in total area, land area, and water area. Despite being the second largest state, Texas is only 40% of the total area of largest state, Alaska. Montana is larger than every state it borders; only Alaska and Wyoming have a lower population density. Sunset on Lake Michigan.
) Alaska is the least densely populated state, and one of the most sparsely populated areas in the world, at 1.2 inhabitants per square mile (0.46/km 2), with the next state, Wyoming, at 5.8 inhabitants per square mile (2.2/km 2). Alaska is the largest U.S. state by area, and the tenth wealthiest (per capita income).laska is thus an exclave of the United States, possibly the largest exclave in the world. It is technically part of the continental U.S. , but is often not included in colloquial use; Alaska is not part of the contiguous U.S., often called the Lower 48 .