Mississippi is around the same size as Florida.

Florida is approximately 139,670 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 86.98% the size of Florida. Meanwhile, the population of Florida is ~18.8 million people (15.8 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
This to-scale comparison of Florida vs. Mississippi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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