State size comparison
compared to
Illinois is around the same size as Arkansas.
Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 7% larger than Arkansas.
Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people
(9.9 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Arkansas
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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