State size comparison

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North Dakota is about 1.7 times bigger than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 74% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (3.7 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. North Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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