State size comparison

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Alabama is about 79 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 7,823% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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