State size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Arizona
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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