State size comparison
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California is about 149 times bigger than Rhode Island.
Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 14,825% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (36.2 million more people live in California).
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