State size comparison

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Nevada is about 2.5 times bigger than Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, making Nevada 152% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (1.8 million fewer people live in Nevada).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Nevada uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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