State size comparison
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District of Columbia is about 109 times smaller than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.92% the size of New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~9.5 million people (8.9 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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