State size comparison
compared to
Mississippi is about 6 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 532% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (5.8 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
This to-scale comparison of
New Jersey
vs.
Mississippi
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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