State size comparison

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Wyoming is about 6 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Wyoming is approximately 251,489 sq km, making Wyoming 16.98% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (146,605 fewer people live in Wyoming).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Wyoming uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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