Alabama is about 1,460 times bigger than Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 145,929% larger than Fort Lauderdale.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Fort Lauderdale vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.