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