State size comparison

compared to

Mississippi is about 686 times bigger than District of Columbia.

District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 68,538% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~601,723 people (2.4 million more people live in Mississippi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of District of Columbia vs. Mississippi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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