State size comparison

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New Mexico is around the same size as Arizona.

Arizona is approximately 294,312 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 7% larger than Arizona. Meanwhile, the population of Arizona is ~6.4 million people (4.3 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
This to-scale comparison of Arizona vs. New Mexico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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