State size comparison
compared to
District of Columbia is about 29 times smaller than Delaware.
Delaware is approximately 5,060 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 3.5% the size of Delaware. Meanwhile, the population of Delaware is ~1.1 million people (366,307 fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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