State size comparison
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Massachusetts is about 6 times smaller than Alabama.
Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, making Massachusetts 15.45% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (1.8 million more people live in Massachusetts).
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