State size comparison

 Iowa, USA
compared to
 Illinois, USA

Iowa is around the same size as Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 1% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (9.8 million fewer people live in Iowa). We have positioned the outline of Illinois near the middle of Iowa.
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Flip comparison: see Iowa on top of Illinois
This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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