State size comparison

compared to

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).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.