State size comparison

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Alabama is around the same size as Arkansas.

Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 97.46% the size of Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (1.9 million more people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arkansas vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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