State size comparison

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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 ~4.8 million people (4.0 million more people live in New Jersey).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. New Jersey uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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