State size comparison

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Colorado is about 455 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, making Colorado 45,444% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Colorado uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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