State size comparison
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Massachusetts is about 9 times smaller than North Dakota.
North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, making Massachusetts 11.37% the size of North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~672,591 people (5.9 million more people live in Massachusetts).
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