State size comparison
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California is about 1.9 times bigger than Kansas.
Kansas is approximately 211,900 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 91% larger than Kansas. Meanwhile, the population of Kansas is ~2.9 million people (34.4 million more people live in California).
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