State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 7 times smaller than Arkansas.
Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 14.25% the size of Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (5.9 million more people live in New Jersey).
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