State size comparison

compared to

Illinois is about 244 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 24,308% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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