State size comparison

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Nebraska is about 1.6 times bigger than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Nebraska is approximately 199,099 sq km, making Nebraska 63% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (17.6 million fewer people live in Nebraska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Nebraska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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