State size comparison

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Florida is around the same size as Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Florida is approximately 139,670 sq km, making Florida 96.52% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (15.8 million more people live in Florida).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Florida uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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