State size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 2.6 times bigger than New York.
New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 157% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (17.3 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
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