State size comparison

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Maryland is about 43 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 4,192% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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