City size comparison

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Key West is about 43 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Key West (area of Key West island) is approximately 14 sq km, making Key West 2.31% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Key West uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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