State size comparison
compared to
Louisiana is about 3.6 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km,
while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making
Louisiana 27.94% the size of California.
Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people
(32.7 million fewer people live in Louisiana).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Louisiana
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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