State size comparison
compared to
New York is around the same size as Louisiana.
Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 8% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (14.8 million more people live in New York).
This to-scale comparison of
Louisiana
vs.
New York
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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