State size comparison

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California is about 3,257 times bigger than Boston.

Boston is approximately 124 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 325,611% larger than Boston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boston vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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