State size comparison
compared to
Missouri is about 2.3 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, making Missouri 44.17% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (31.3 million fewer people live in Missouri).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Missouri
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