State size comparison
compared to
Louisiana is about 1.6 times smaller than Missouri.
Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 63.24% the size of Missouri. Meanwhile, the population of Missouri is ~6.0 million people (1.5 million fewer people live in Louisiana).
This to-scale comparison of
Missouri
vs.
Louisiana
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