Fort Lauderdale is about 139 times smaller than Connecticut.

Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 0.72% the size of Connecticut.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Connecticut vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.