State size comparison

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Arizona is about 2 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Arizona is approximately 294,312 sq km, making Arizona 103% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (3.3 million more people live in Arizona).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Arizona uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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