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).
This to-scale comparison of California vs. Hawaii uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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