State size comparison
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Illinois is about 53 times bigger than Rhode Island.
Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 5,220% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (11.8 million more people live in Illinois).
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