State size comparison
compared to
Iowa is about 7 times bigger than Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 613% larger than Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~6.5 million people (3.5 million fewer people live in Iowa).
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