State size comparison
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Vermont is about 17 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Vermont is approximately 23,956 sq km, making Vermont 5.93% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.6 million fewer people live in Vermont).
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