State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 9 times smaller than Missouri.
Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 10.77% the size of Missouri. Meanwhile, the population of Missouri is ~6.0 million people (2.8 million more people live in New Jersey).
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