Hartford is about 27 times smaller than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Hartford is approximately 45 sq km, making Hartford 3.71% the size of Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Hartford uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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