State size comparison
compared to
Florida is about 2.9 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Florida is approximately 139,670 sq km, making Florida 34.58% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (18.5 million fewer people live in Florida).
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