State size comparison

compared to

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).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.