State size comparison

compared to

Connecticut is about 32 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 3.11% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (33.7 million fewer people live in Connecticut).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Connecticut uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.