State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 14 times smaller than Colorado.
Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 7.15% the size of Colorado. Meanwhile, the population of Colorado is ~5.0 million people (3.8 million more people live in New Jersey).
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