State size comparison
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Alabama is about 3.1 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 32.54% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (32.5 million fewer people live in Alabama).
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