State size comparison
compared to
Nevada is about 2 times bigger than Iowa.
Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, making Nevada 97% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (345,804 fewer people live in Nevada).
This to-scale comparison of
Iowa
vs.
Nevada
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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