City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 4 times bigger than Staten Island.

Staten Island is approximately 149 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 296% larger than Staten Island.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Staten Island vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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