State size comparison

compared to

Tennessee is about 181 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Tennessee is approximately 106,752 sq km, making Tennessee 17,999% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Tennessee uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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