State size comparison
compared to
Ohio is about 3.8 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Ohio is approximately 106,056 sq km, making Ohio 26.26% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~39.4 million people (27.5 million fewer people live in Ohio).
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