State size comparison
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Arizona is about 1.4 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Arizona is approximately 294,312 sq km, making Arizona 72.87% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (30.9 million fewer people live in Arizona).
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