State size comparison
compared to
District of Columbia is about 1,008 times smaller than Missouri.
Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.1% the size of Missouri. Meanwhile, the population of Missouri is ~6.3 million people (5.6 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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