State size comparison
compared to
Mississippi is around the same size as Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km,
while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making
Mississippi 5% larger than Pennsylvania.
Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people
(9.7 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
This to-scale comparison of
Pennsylvania
vs.
Mississippi
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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