State size comparison
compared to
District of Columbia is about 115 times smaller than Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.87% the size of Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~7.2 million people (6.5 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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