State size comparison

compared to

Connecticut is about 11 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 8.72% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (9.3 million fewer people live in Connecticut).

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