State size comparison
compared to
Iowa is about 2.6 times smaller than Montana.
Montana is approximately 376,979 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 38.38% the size of Montana. Meanwhile, the population of Montana is ~989,415 people (2.1 million more people live in Iowa).
This to-scale comparison of
Montana
vs.
Iowa
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