State size comparison

compared to

Louisiana is about 2.4 times smaller than Colorado.

Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 42.0% the size of Colorado. Meanwhile, the population of Colorado is ~5.0 million people (495,824 fewer people live in Louisiana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Colorado vs. Louisiana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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