State size comparison

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Iowa is about 1.4 times smaller than Nebraska.

Nebraska is approximately 199,099 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 72.68% the size of Nebraska. Meanwhile, the population of Nebraska is ~1.8 million people (1.2 million more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nebraska vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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