State size comparison

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Alabama is about 1.6 times smaller than Idaho.

Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 61.32% the size of Idaho. Meanwhile, the population of Idaho is ~1.6 million people (3.2 million more people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Idaho vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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