State size comparison
compared to
District of Columbia is about 637 times smaller than Louisiana.
Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.16% the size of Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.6 million people (3.9 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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