State size comparison

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Illinois is about 1.2 times smaller than North Dakota.

North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 80.58% the size of North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~672,591 people (12.2 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Dakota vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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