State size comparison
compared to
District of Columbia is about 15 times smaller than Rhode Island.
Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 6.54% the size of Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (450,844 fewer people live in District of Columbia).
This to-scale comparison of
Rhode Island
vs.
District of Columbia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
Note: Try dragging the outline to reposition.