State size comparison

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Illinois is about 10 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 9.72% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (12.1 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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