State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 7 times smaller than Florida.
Florida is approximately 139,670 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 13.75% the size of Florida. Meanwhile, the population of Florida is ~18.8 million people (10.0 million fewer people live in New Jersey).
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