State size comparison

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North Dakota is about 2.3 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 44.23% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.6 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. North Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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