State size comparison

compared to

Washington is about 1.2 times smaller than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 83.59% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (1.4 million more people live in Washington).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.