City size comparison

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Chicago is about 4.2 times bigger than Minneapolis.

Minneapolis is approximately 140 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 322% larger than Minneapolis.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minneapolis vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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