State size comparison
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Alaska is about 73 times bigger than Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 7,195% larger than Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~6.5 million people (5.8 million fewer people live in Alaska).
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