State size comparison
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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).
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