State size comparison

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Nevada is around the same size as Colorado.

Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, while Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, making Nevada 6% larger than Colorado. Meanwhile, the population of Colorado is ~5.0 million people (2.3 million fewer people live in Nevada).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Colorado vs. Nevada uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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