State size comparison

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Arizona is about 5 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Arizona is approximately 294,312 sq km, making Arizona 19.87% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (5.7 million more people live in Arizona).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Arizona uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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