State size comparison

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Nevada is about 2 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, making Nevada 98% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (10.1 million fewer people live in Nevada).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Nevada uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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