State size comparison
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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).
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