State size comparison

compared to

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 ~37.3 million people (36.7 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).

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