State size comparison
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Pennsylvania is around the same size as Tennessee.
Tennessee is approximately 106,752 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 9% larger than Tennessee. Meanwhile, the population of Tennessee is ~6.3 million people (6.4 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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