State size comparison

compared to

Arkansas is about 229 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, making Arkansas 22,764% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Arkansas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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