Fort Lauderdale is about 1,460 times smaller than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 0.07% the size of Alabama.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.