State size comparison

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Louisiana is about 1.2 times smaller than Arkansas.

Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 83.66% the size of Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (1.6 million more people live in Louisiana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arkansas vs. Louisiana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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