State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 11 times smaller than Idaho.
Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 8.96% the size of Idaho. Meanwhile, the population of Idaho is ~1.6 million people (7.2 million more people live in New Jersey).
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