State size comparison
compared to
North Dakota is about 1.8 times smaller than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 56.84% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (1.4 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
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