City size comparison

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Detroit is about 403 times smaller than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, making Detroit 0.25% the size of Iowa.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Detroit uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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