State size comparison

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Massachusetts is about 12 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, making Massachusetts 1,124% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Massachusetts uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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