State size comparison

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California is about 920 times bigger than New Orleans.

New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 91,942% larger than New Orleans.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Orleans vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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