State size comparison
compared to
California is about 20 times bigger than Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km,
while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making
California 1,889% larger than Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~6.5 million people
(30.7 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
Massachusetts
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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