Rhode Island is about 74 times smaller than Nebraska.

Nebraska is approximately 199,099 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 1.36% the size of Nebraska. Meanwhile, the population of Nebraska is ~1.8 million people (773,774 fewer people live in Rhode Island).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nebraska vs. Rhode Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.