State size comparison
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New York is about 6 times bigger than Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 502% larger than Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~6.5 million people (12.8 million more people live in New York).
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