State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 77 times smaller than Alaska.
Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 1.3% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (8.1 million more people live in New Jersey).
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