State size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 974 times bigger than District of Columbia.
District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 97,272% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~601,723 people (6.1 million more people live in Washington).
This to-scale comparison of
District of Columbia
vs.
Washington
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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