State size comparison
compared to
Wyoming is about 1.6 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Wyoming is approximately 251,489 sq km, making Wyoming 62.27% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.7 million fewer people live in Wyoming).
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