State size comparison
compared to
Hawaii is about 24 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Hawaii is approximately 16,635 sq km, making Hawaii 4.12% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (35.9 million fewer people live in Hawaii).
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