State size comparison

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Idaho is about 1.5 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, making Idaho 48% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (1.5 million fewer people live in Idaho).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Idaho uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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