State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 6 times smaller than New York.
New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 15.71% the size of New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~20.0 million people (10.5 million fewer people live in New Jersey).
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