State size comparison

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Missouri is about 1.3 times bigger than Arkansas.

Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, making Missouri 32% larger than Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (3.1 million more people live in Missouri).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arkansas vs. Missouri uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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