State size comparison

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New Jersey is about 9 times smaller than North Dakota.

North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 10.75% the size of North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~672,591 people (8.1 million more people live in New Jersey).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Dakota vs. New Jersey uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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