State size comparison

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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).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Dakota vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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