State size comparison
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District of Columbia is about 2,282 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.04% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~39.4 million people (38.7 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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