State size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 1.2 times bigger than Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 18% larger than Mississippi.
Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people
(9.9 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Mississippi
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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