State size comparison
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Minnesota is about 1.2 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 20% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (1.4 million fewer people live in Minnesota).
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