State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 11 times smaller than Minnesota.
Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 9.32% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (3.5 million more people live in New Jersey).
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