State size comparison

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Oregon is about 1.7 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Oregon is approximately 248,631 sq km, making Oregon 72% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (784,719 more people live in Oregon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Oregon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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