City size comparison

compared to

New Orleans is about 328 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, making New Orleans 0.3% the size of Illinois.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. New Orleans uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Illinois is 7.7% more expensive than New Orleans
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