State size comparison

compared to

California is about 487 times bigger than Austin.

Austin is approximately 829 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 48,640% larger than Austin.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Austin vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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