State size comparison
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New Jersey is about 109 times bigger than District of Columbia.
District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 10,754% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~693,645 people (8.9 million more people live in New Jersey).
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