State size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 3 times bigger than Kentucky.
Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 205% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (2.3 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
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