State size comparison

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Wyoming is about 1.8 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Wyoming is approximately 251,489 sq km, making Wyoming 75% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (12.3 million fewer people live in Wyoming).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Wyoming uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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