State size comparison
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Arizona is about 2.4 times bigger than Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while Arizona is approximately 294,312 sq km, making Arizona 142% larger than Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (3.4 million more people live in Arizona).
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