City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 350 times smaller than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.29% the size of Minnesota.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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