State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 7 times smaller than Alabama.
Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 14.62% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~5.2 million people (4.4 million more people live in New Jersey).
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