Hawaii is about 17 times smaller than Nevada.

Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while Hawaii is approximately 16,635 sq km, making Hawaii 5.85% the size of Nevada. Meanwhile, the population of Nevada is ~2.7 million people (1.3 million fewer people live in Hawaii).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nevada vs. Hawaii uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.