State size comparison
compared to
California is about 2.9 times bigger than Florida.
Florida is approximately 139,670 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 189% larger than Florida. Meanwhile, the population of Florida is ~18.8 million people (18.5 million more people live in California).
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