State size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 1.4 times bigger than New York.
New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 41% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (12.7 million fewer people live in Washington).
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