State size comparison

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Louisiana is about 4.5 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 346% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (1.2 million fewer people live in Louisiana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Louisiana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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