City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 34 times smaller than Massachusetts.

Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 2.9% the size of Massachusetts.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Massachusetts vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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