State size comparison

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Alabama is about 2 times smaller than Colorado.

Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 48.93% the size of Colorado. Meanwhile, the population of Colorado is ~5.0 million people (249,460 fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Colorado vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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