City size comparison

compared to

New Orleans is about 1.3 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, making New Orleans 74.4% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. New Orleans uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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