State size comparison

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New York is around the same size as Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 8% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (14.8 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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