Missouri is about 1,982 times bigger than Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, while Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, making Missouri 198,138% larger than Fort Lauderdale.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Fort Lauderdale vs. Missouri uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.