State size comparison

 Iowa, USA
compared to
 California, USA

Iowa is about 2.8 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 35.83% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (34.2 million fewer people live in Iowa). We have positioned the outline of California near the middle of Iowa.
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Flip comparison: see Iowa on top of California
This to-scale comparison of California vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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