State size comparison
compared to
Tennessee is around the same size as Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Tennessee is approximately 106,752 sq km, making Tennessee 91.97% the size of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (6.4 million fewer people live in Tennessee).
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