State size comparison
compared to
Mississippi is about 1.2 times smaller than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km,
while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making
Mississippi 84.39% the size of Illinois.
Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people
(9.9 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
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