State size comparison

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Alabama is around the same size as Mississippi.

Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 8% larger than Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (1.8 million more people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mississippi vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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