State size comparison
compared to
California is about 2.3 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 134% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (30.5 million more people live in California).
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