State size comparison
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Washington is about 1.7 times bigger than Kentucky.
Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 67% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (2.4 million more people live in Washington).
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