State size comparison

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New York is around the same size as Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 93.04% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (14.6 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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