State size comparison
compared to
Montana is around the same size as California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Montana is approximately 376,979 sq km, making Montana 93.34% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.3 million fewer people live in Montana).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Montana
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