State size comparison

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Iowa is around the same size as Arkansas.

Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 7% larger than Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (130,437 more people live in Iowa).
This to-scale comparison of Arkansas vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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