State size comparison
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New Jersey is about 21 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 4.76% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (28.5 million fewer people live in New Jersey).
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