City size comparison
compared to
Chicago is about 3.3 times bigger than District of Columbia.
District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 233% larger than District of Columbia.
This to-scale comparison of
District of Columbia
vs.
Chicago
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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