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).
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