State size comparison
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Minnesota is about 2 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 51.05% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (32.0 million fewer people live in Minnesota).
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