State size comparison

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Alabama is about 1.3 times bigger than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 28% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (440,369 more people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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