State size comparison

compared to

Alaska is about 13 times bigger than Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 1,213% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (3.8 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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