State size comparison
compared to
Idaho is about 1.9 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, making Idaho 53.06% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (35.7 million fewer people live in Idaho).
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