State size comparison

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Colorado is about 162 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, making Colorado 16,095% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Colorado uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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