State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 16 times smaller than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 6.11% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (6.7 million more people live in New Jersey).
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