State size comparison
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Utah is about 1.9 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Utah is approximately 212,751 sq km, making Utah 52.68% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (34.5 million fewer people live in Utah).
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