State size comparison

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Iowa is about 29 times bigger than Delaware.

Delaware is approximately 5,060 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 2,760% larger than Delaware. Meanwhile, the population of Delaware is ~897,934 people (2.1 million more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Delaware vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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