State size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 16 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 1,536% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (6.7 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
This to-scale comparison of
New Jersey
vs.
New Mexico
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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