State size comparison
compared to
Oregon is about 1.6 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Oregon is approximately 248,631 sq km, making Oregon 61.56% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~39.4 million people (35.1 million fewer people live in Oregon).
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