State size comparison

compared to

Delaware is about 20 times smaller than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Delaware is approximately 5,060 sq km, making Delaware 4.92% the size of Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (3.4 million fewer people live in Delaware).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Delaware uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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