State size comparison

compared to

Mississippi is about 73 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 7,224% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Mississippi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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