State size comparison

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Kentucky is about 5 times bigger than Massachusetts.

Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 407% larger than Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~6.5 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Massachusetts vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Massachusetts is 32.4% more expensive than Kentucky
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