State size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 7 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 649% larger than New Jersey.
Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people
(4.0 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
New Jersey
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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