State size comparison
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Texas is about 35 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, making Texas 3,429% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (16.4 million more people live in Texas).
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