State size comparison

compared to

Alaska is about 10 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 929% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (12.1 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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