State size comparison
compared to
California is about 1.4 times bigger than Nevada.
Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 42% larger than Nevada. Meanwhile, the population of Nevada is ~2.7 million people (34.6 million more people live in California).
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