Mississippi is about 2.6 times smaller than New Mexico.

New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 38.65% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (908,118 more people live in Mississippi).
This to-scale comparison of New Mexico vs. Mississippi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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