State size comparison
compared to
District of Columbia is about 71 times smaller than Connecticut.
Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 1.41% the size of Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.7 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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