State size comparison
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Kansas is about 1.7 times bigger than Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while Kansas is approximately 211,900 sq km, making Kansas 74% larger than Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (114,179 fewer people live in Kansas).
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