State size comparison
compared to
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).
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