State size comparison

compared to

New York is about 207 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 20,632% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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