State size comparison

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Minnesota is about 1.8 times bigger than Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 83% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (770,553 more people live in Minnesota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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