State size comparison
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Rhode Island is about 7 times smaller than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 14.09% the size of New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (7.7 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
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