City size comparison

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Bakersfield is about 1.5 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Bakersfield (map shows its 44 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 389 sq km, making Bakersfield 65.99% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Bakersfield uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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