State size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 1.2 times bigger than Iowa.
Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 19% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (3.7 million more people live in Washington).
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