State size comparison
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New York is about 3.3 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 30.28% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (17.9 million fewer people live in New York).
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