State size comparison
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Washington is about 2.2 times bigger than Maine.
Maine is approximately 79,931 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 116% larger than Maine. Meanwhile, the population of Maine is ~1.3 million people (5.4 million more people live in Washington).
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