State size comparison
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California is about 4.3 times bigger than Indiana.
Indiana is approximately 92,895 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 335% larger than Indiana. Meanwhile, the population of Indiana is ~7.0 million people (32.4 million more people live in California).
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