State size comparison
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New Mexico is about 1,776 times bigger than District of Columbia.
District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 177,476% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~693,645 people (1.4 million more people live in New Mexico).
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