City size comparison
compared to
Detroit is about 3.4 times smaller than Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, making Detroit 29.58% the size of Los Angeles.
This to-scale comparison of
Los Angeles
vs.
Detroit
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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