State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 6 times smaller than Ohio.
Ohio is approximately 106,056 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 18.11% the size of Ohio. Meanwhile, the population of Ohio is ~11.5 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in New Jersey).
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