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).
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