State size comparison

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Texas is about 1,150 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, making Texas 114,859% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Texas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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