Lake Erie is about 4.1 times smaller than Ohio.

Ohio is approximately 106,056 sq km, while Lake Erie is approximately 25,744 km² (9,940 sq mi), making Lake Erie 24.27% the size of Ohio.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ohio vs. Lake Erie uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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