State size comparison
compared to
Pennsylvania is about 656 times bigger than District of Columbia.
District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 65,479% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~693,645 people (12.4 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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