State size comparison

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Minnesota is about 2 times bigger than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 100% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (964,558 more people live in Minnesota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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