State size comparison
compared to
District of Columbia is about 143 times smaller than Maryland.
Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.7% the size of Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~6.3 million people (5.6 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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