State size comparison
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New York is around the same size as Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 5% larger than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (6.7 million more people live in New York).
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