State size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 2.2 times smaller than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 45.8% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (10.8 million more people live in Illinois).
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