State size comparison
compared to
California is about 243 times bigger than Houston.
Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 24,249% larger than Houston.
This to-scale comparison of
Houston
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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