State size comparison

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Iowa is about 1.4 times bigger than Tennessee.

Tennessee is approximately 106,752 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 36% larger than Tennessee. Meanwhile, the population of Tennessee is ~6.3 million people (3.3 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tennessee vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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