State size comparison

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Massachusetts is about 164 times bigger than Boston.

Boston is approximately 124 sq km, while Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, making Massachusetts 16,276% larger than Boston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boston vs. Massachusetts uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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