State size comparison
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Louisiana is about 1.5 times smaller than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 65.46% the size of Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in Louisiana).
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