City size comparison

compared to

Detroit is about 401 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, making Detroit 0.25% the size of Illinois.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Detroit uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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