State size comparison
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Pennsylvania is about 3.5 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 28.74% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (24.6 million fewer people live in Pennsylvania).
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