State size comparison

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Tennessee is around the same size as Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Tennessee is approximately 106,752 sq km, making Tennessee 4% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (2.0 million more people live in Tennessee).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Tennessee uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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