State size comparison
compared to
Washington is around the same size as Missouri.
Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 96.6% the size of Missouri. Meanwhile, the population of Missouri is ~6.0 million people (735,613 more people live in Washington).
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