Fort Lauderdale is about 281 times smaller than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 0.36% the size of Maryland.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.