City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 43 times smaller than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 2.33% the size of Maryland.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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