Hawaii is about 12 times smaller than Nebraska.

Nebraska is approximately 199,099 sq km, while Hawaii is approximately 16,635 sq km, making Hawaii 8.36% the size of Nebraska. Meanwhile, the population of Nebraska is ~1.8 million people (466,040 fewer people live in Hawaii).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nebraska vs. Hawaii uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.