State size comparison

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Kentucky is about 2.8 times smaller than Nevada.

Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 36.17% the size of Nevada. Meanwhile, the population of Nevada is ~2.7 million people (1.6 million more people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nevada vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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