State size comparison

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Alaska is about 11 times bigger than Arkansas.

Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 998% larger than Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arkansas vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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