State size comparison
compared to
Nebraska is about 1.4 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Nebraska is approximately 199,099 sq km, making Nebraska 38% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (11.0 million fewer people live in Nebraska).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
Nebraska
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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