Fort Lauderdale is about 4,488 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 0.02% the size of California.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.