State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 15 times smaller than Nevada.
Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 6.75% the size of Nevada. Meanwhile, the population of Nevada is ~2.7 million people (6.1 million more people live in New Jersey).
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