Hidalgo is 1.08× the size of New Jersey

What fits

• New Jersey is 92% of the size of Hidalgo.
• Hidalgo is larger by 1,640 km² (632 mi²), which is 8.3% of the area of New Jersey.
• Measured in Belgiums: Hidalgo is about 0.69, New Jersey about 0.64.

How they differ

• Hidalgo is larger, but New Jersey has the larger population: 9.3 million against 2.9 million, 3.25× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 472 in New Jersey against 134 in Hidalgo: New Jersey is 3.52× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,170 km apart.
• On a standard web map New Jersey looks larger than Hidalgo: Hidalgo at 20°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and New Jersey at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows New Jersey as 1.39× the size of Hidalgo, when Hidalgo is 1.08× the size of New Jersey.
• Together Hidalgo and New Jersey cover 41,000 km², close to the size of Switzerland (41,400 km², 1.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,640 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At New Jersey's density, Hidalgo would have 10.1 million people (it has 2.9 million). At Hidalgo's density, New Jersey would have 2.6 million (it has 9.3 million).
• New Jersey's centre is 19.7° of latitude, about 2,190 km, farther north than Hidalgo's.
• Hidalgo is the 26th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• New Jersey is the 46th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• New Jersey lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,190 km) north of Hidalgo.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Hidalgo would have about 7,450 m² and each person in New Jersey about 2,120 m².
• Laid side by side, Hidalgo and New Jersey would cover 41,000 km², about the same size as Switzerland.
• Together they have 12.1 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 21,300 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 20,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 19,700 km² is 13% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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