State size comparison
compared to
Connecticut is about 12 times smaller than Iowa.
Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 8.67% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (527,742 more people live in Connecticut).
This to-scale comparison of
Iowa
vs.
Connecticut
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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