State size comparison

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Iowa is about 1.5 times smaller than Utah.

Utah is approximately 212,751 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 68.01% the size of Utah. Meanwhile, the population of Utah is ~2.8 million people (282,470 more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Utah vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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