State size comparison

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Delaware is about 80 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Delaware is approximately 5,060 sq km, making Delaware 1.25% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.4 million fewer people live in Delaware).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Delaware uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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