State size comparison

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Kentucky is about 174 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 17,345% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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