State size comparison
compared to
California is about 2 times bigger than Minnesota.
Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km,
while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making
California 96% larger than Minnesota.
Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people
(32.0 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
Minnesota
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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