State size comparison

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New York is about 12 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 8.25% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (18.7 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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