State size comparison

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New Jersey is about 53 times bigger than Detroit.

Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 5,247% larger than Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. New Jersey uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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