State size comparison

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Nevada is about 482 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, making Nevada 48,126% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Nevada uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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