State size comparison
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New Hampshire is about 17 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while New Hampshire is approximately 23,227 sq km, making New Hampshire 5.75% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (35.9 million fewer people live in New Hampshire).
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