State size comparison

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California is about 1.9 times bigger than Utah.

Utah is approximately 212,751 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 90% larger than Utah. Meanwhile, the population of Utah is ~2.8 million people (34.5 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Utah vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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