State size comparison

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Washington is around the same size as North Dakota.

North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 96.47% the size of North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~672,591 people (6.1 million more people live in Washington).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Dakota vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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