City size comparison

compared to

Columbus is about 2.1 times smaller than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Columbus is approximately 574 sq km, making Columbus 47.24% the size of Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Columbus uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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