State size comparison
compared to
California is about 3.3 times bigger than Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km,
while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making
California 232% larger than Mississippi.
Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people
(34.3 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
Mississippi
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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