State size comparison

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District of Columbia is about 1.5 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 46% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. District of Columbia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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