State size comparison

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District of Columbia is about 9 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 10.67% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. District of Columbia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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