State size comparison
compared to
New York is about 2.6 times smaller than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 38.91% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (17.3 million more people live in New York).
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