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).
This to-scale comparison of
Iowa
vs.
Washington
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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