State size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
North Dakota
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