State size comparison

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Arkansas is around the same size as Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, making Arkansas 3% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (1.9 million fewer people live in Arkansas).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Arkansas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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