State size comparison

compared to

California is about 3 times bigger than Arkansas.

Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 199% larger than Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (34.3 million more people live in California).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arkansas vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.