State size comparison
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Kentucky is about 3.9 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 25.48% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (32.9 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
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