Houston is about 171 times smaller than Nevada.

Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 0.58% the size of Nevada.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nevada vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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