State size comparison

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Louisiana is about 6 times bigger than New Jersey.

New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 487% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (4.3 million fewer people live in Louisiana).
This to-scale comparison of New Jersey vs. Louisiana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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