State size comparison
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Arkansas is about 7 times bigger than Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, making Arkansas 564% larger than Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~7.2 million people (4.0 million fewer people live in Arkansas).
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