State size comparison
compared to
California is about 24 times bigger than Hawaii.
Hawaii is approximately 16,635 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 2,328% larger than Hawaii. Meanwhile, the population of Hawaii is ~1.4 million people (35.9 million more people live in California).
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