State size comparison

compared to

California is about 1,999 times bigger than Oakland.

Oakland is approximately 202 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 199,842% larger than Oakland.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Oakland vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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