State size comparison
compared to
Kentucky is about 2.8 times smaller than Nevada.
Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 36.17% the size of Nevada. Meanwhile, the population of Nevada is ~2.7 million people (1.6 million more people live in Kentucky).
This to-scale comparison of
Nevada
vs.
Kentucky
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