State size comparison

compared to

Kentucky is about 14 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 6.95% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (3.6 million more people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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