State size comparison

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California is about 1,124 times bigger than Detroit.

Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 112,305% larger than Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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