State size comparison
compared to
California is about 685 times bigger than Chicago.
Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 68,375% larger than Chicago.
This to-scale comparison of
Chicago
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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