State size comparison
compared to
Mississippi is around the same size as Louisiana.
Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 8% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
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