City size comparison

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Houston is about 79 times smaller than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 1.26% the size of Alabama.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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