City size comparison

compared to

Stockton is about 3.6 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Stockton is approximately 164 sq km, making Stockton 27.79% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Stockton uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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