State size comparison

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California is about 1,596 times bigger than Sacramento.

Sacramento is approximately 253 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 159,537% larger than Sacramento.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sacramento vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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