State size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 1.2 times bigger than New York.
New York is approximately 122,283 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 18% larger than New York.
Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people
(6.5 million fewer people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
New York
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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