Illinois is about 9 times bigger than Hawaii.

Hawaii is approximately 16,635 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 765% larger than Hawaii. Meanwhile, the population of Hawaii is ~1.4 million people (11.5 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of Hawaii vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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