State size comparison
compared to
California is about 2.3 times bigger than North Dakota.
North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 126% larger than North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~672,591 people (36.6 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
North Dakota
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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