State size comparison
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Pennsylvania is around the same size as Kentucky.
Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 13% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (8.4 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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