State size comparison
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New Mexico is about 2.7 times bigger than Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 171% larger than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (10.6 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
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