State size comparison

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Kentucky is about 2 times smaller than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 49.9% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (964,558 fewer people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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