State size comparison

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Arkansas is around the same size as Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, making Arkansas 93.2% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.2 million people (123,596 fewer people live in Arkansas).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Arkansas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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