State size comparison
compared to
Iowa is about 185 times bigger than New York City.
New York City (including all five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island) is approximately 781 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 18,428% larger than New York City.
This to-scale comparison of
New York City
vs.
Iowa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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