State size comparison
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Indiana is about 4.3 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Indiana is approximately 92,895 sq km, making Indiana 23.0% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (30.8 million fewer people live in Indiana).
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