State size comparison

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Kentucky is about 1.3 times smaller than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 78.29% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (440,369 fewer people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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