State size comparison
compared to
Missouri is about 2.3 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km,
while Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, making
Missouri 44.17% the size of California.
Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people
(31.3 million fewer people live in Missouri).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Missouri
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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