State size comparison
compared to
California is about 1.9 times bigger than Idaho.
Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 88% larger than Idaho. Meanwhile, the population of Idaho is ~2.0 million people (37.3 million more people live in California).
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