State size comparison

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California is about 80 times bigger than Delaware.

Delaware is approximately 5,060 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 7,882% larger than Delaware. Meanwhile, the population of Delaware is ~897,934 people (36.4 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Delaware vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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