State size comparison

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Alabama is around the same size as Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 90.83% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (1.7 million more people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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