Florida is about 1,552 times bigger than Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, while Florida is approximately 139,670 sq km, making Florida 155,089% larger than Fort Lauderdale.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Fort Lauderdale vs. Florida uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.