State size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 2.8 times bigger than Louisiana.
Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km,
while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making
New Mexico 179% larger than Louisiana.
Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people
(2.5 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
This to-scale comparison of
Louisiana
vs.
New Mexico
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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