Complex sentence: It encompasses over half of Alaska's area, 970,500 km² (374,712 square miles), an area larger than France and Germany combined, yet as of the 2000 census only 13% of Alaskans (81,803 people) reside in it.
Split into simpler sentences: It encompasses over half of Alaska's area, 970,500 km² (374,712 square miles), an area larger than France and Germany combined. As of the 2000 census 13% of Alaskans (81,803 people) reside in it.