State size comparison
compared to
Iowa is about 1.2 times bigger than Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 19% larger than Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (79,058 more people live in Iowa).
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