State size comparison

compared to

California is about 685 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 68,375% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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