State size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 2.6 times bigger than Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 159% larger than Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (908,118 fewer people live in New Mexico).
This to-scale comparison of
Mississippi
vs.
New Mexico
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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