State size comparison

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Illinois is about 1.8 times bigger than Maine.

Maine is approximately 79,931 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 80% larger than Maine. Meanwhile, the population of Maine is ~1.4 million people (11.3 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maine vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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