City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 214 times smaller than North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.47% the size of North Carolina.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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