State size comparison

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Mississippi is about 1.2 times bigger than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 18% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (1.4 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Mississippi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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