State size comparison

compared to

Iowa is about 2 times smaller than Nevada.

Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 50.87% the size of Nevada. Meanwhile, the population of Nevada is ~2.7 million people (345,804 more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nevada vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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