State size comparison

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Louisiana is about 1.2 times smaller than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 85.85% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (246,364 fewer people live in Louisiana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Louisiana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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