State size comparison
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Pennsylvania is around the same size as Alabama.
Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 88.32% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (7.9 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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