State size comparison
compared to
Connecticut is about 25 times smaller than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 3.99% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (1.5 million more people live in Connecticut).
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