State size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 2.2 times bigger than Iowa.
Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 117% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.2 million people (1.1 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
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