Illinois is about 411 times bigger than Atlanta.

Atlanta (map shows its 114 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 350 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 40,975% larger than Atlanta.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Atlanta vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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