State size comparison
compared to
New York is around the same size as Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 1% larger than Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (16.4 million more people live in New York).
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