State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 11 times smaller than Kansas.
Kansas is approximately 211,900 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 9.07% the size of Kansas. Meanwhile, the population of Kansas is ~2.9 million people (5.9 million more people live in New Jersey).
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