State size comparison
compared to
Minnesota is about 1.5 times smaller than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 65.6% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (3.2 million more people live in Minnesota).
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