State size comparison
compared to
Tennessee is about 6 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Tennessee is approximately 106,752 sq km, making Tennessee 456% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~9.5 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in Tennessee).
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