State size comparison

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Washington is about 2.3 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 42.67% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (30.5 million fewer people live in Washington).
This to-scale comparison of California vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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