State size comparison
compared to
Mississippi is around the same size as Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 5% larger than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~13.1 million people (10.1 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
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