Arlington is about 9 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Arlington (map shows its 62 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 67 sq km, making Arlington 11.42% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Arlington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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