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).
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