State size comparison
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Alaska is about 9 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 760% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (6.0 million fewer people live in Alaska).
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