State size comparison

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Iowa is about 9 times bigger than Hawaii.

Hawaii is approximately 16,635 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 770% larger than Hawaii. Meanwhile, the population of Hawaii is ~1.4 million people (1.7 million more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Hawaii vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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