State size comparison

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Colorado is about 2.2 times bigger than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, making Colorado 120% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (14.3 million fewer people live in Colorado).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Colorado uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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