State size comparison

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Nevada is about 2.8 times bigger than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, making Nevada 176% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in Nevada).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Nevada uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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