State size comparison

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Iowa is about 87 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 8,624% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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