State size comparison
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New Mexico is about 25 times bigger than Connecticut.
Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 2,405% larger than Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.6 million people (1.5 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
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