State size comparison

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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 ~3.0 million people (987,176 fewer people live in New Mexico).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. New Mexico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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