State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 20 times smaller than Montana.
Montana is approximately 376,979 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 5.1% the size of Montana. Meanwhile, the population of Montana is ~989,415 people (7.8 million more people live in New Jersey).
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