State size comparison
compared to
Nebraska is about 2 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Nebraska is approximately 199,099 sq km, making Nebraska 49.3% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (35.4 million fewer people live in Nebraska).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Nebraska
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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