State size comparison
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Washington is about 1.5 times bigger than Louisiana.
Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 53% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (2.2 million more people live in Washington).
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