City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 223 times smaller than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.45% the size of Alabama.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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