State size comparison
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Arkansas is about 1.2 times bigger than Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, making Arkansas 16% larger than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (9.8 million fewer people live in Arkansas).
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