State size comparison

compared to

New Jersey is about 33 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 3,157% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. New Jersey uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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