State size comparison

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Arkansas is about 5 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, making Arkansas 433% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (2.9 million fewer people live in Arkansas).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Arkansas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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