State size comparison
compared to
Connecticut is about 10 times smaller than Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 10.33% the size of Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (606,800 more people live in Connecticut).
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