State size comparison

compared to

Delaware is about 5 times smaller than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Delaware is approximately 5,060 sq km, making Delaware 19.99% the size of Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (4.9 million fewer people live in Delaware).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Delaware uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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