State size comparison

compared to

District of Columbia is about 8,369 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.01% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (108,508 fewer people live in District of Columbia).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. District of Columbia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.