State size comparison

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Alaska is about 7 times bigger than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 618% larger than Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (4.6 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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