State size comparison

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Kentucky is about 2.6 times smaller than Colorado.

Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 38.3% the size of Colorado. Meanwhile, the population of Colorado is ~5.0 million people (689,829 fewer people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Colorado vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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