State size comparison
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Connecticut is about 8 times smaller than Kentucky.
Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 12.19% the size of Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (765,270 fewer people live in Connecticut).
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