State size comparison
compared to
Alabama is about 743 times bigger than District of Columbia.
District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 74,152% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~693,645 people (4.5 million more people live in Alabama).
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