State size comparison
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Kentucky is around the same size as Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 88.65% the size of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (8.4 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
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