State size comparison
compared to
Mississippi is around the same size as Arkansas.
Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 90.09% the size of Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~3.1 million people (160,631 fewer people live in Mississippi).
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