State size comparison

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Minnesota is about 7 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 13.92% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (4.6 million more people live in Minnesota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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