State size comparison

 New York, USA
compared to
 Alaska, USA

New York is about 12 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 8.25% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (18.7 million more people live in New York). We have positioned the outline of Alaska near the middle of New York.
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This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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