State size comparison
compared to
Alabama is around the same size as Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 8% larger than Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (1.8 million more people live in Alabama).
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