State size comparison
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California is about 32 times bigger than Connecticut.
Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 3,119% larger than Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.6 million people (33.7 million more people live in California).
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