State size comparison

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New York is about 1.7 times smaller than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 59.31% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (14.1 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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