Maine is 1.05× the size of Jalisco
Maine (state of the United States) covers about 84,300 km² (32,500 mi²) and Jalisco (state of Mexico) about 80,000 km² (30,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 84,300km²Maine
- 80,000km²Jalisco
100 km
- Maine
- Jalisco
What fits
- Jalisco is 95% of the size of Maine.
- Maine is larger by 4,260 km² (1,640 mi²), which is 5.3% of the area of Jalisco.
- Measured in Belgiums: Maine is about 2.75, Jalisco about 2.61.
How they differ
- Maine is larger, but Jalisco has the larger population: 7.8 million against 1.4 million, 5.76× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 98 in Jalisco against 16 in Maine: Jalisco is 6.06× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,170 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Maine at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Jalisco at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Maine as 1.87× the size of Jalisco instead of 1.05×.
- Together Maine and Jalisco cover 164,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 1.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 4,260 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- At Jalisco's density, Maine would have 8.3 million people (it has 1.4 million). At Maine's density, Jalisco would have 1.3 million (it has 7.8 million).
- Maine's centre is 24.8° of latitude, about 2,760 km, farther north than Jalisco's.
- Maine is the 39th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
- Jalisco is the 6th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Maine lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,760 km) north of Jalisco.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Maine would have about 61,850 m² and each person in Jalisco about 10,200 m².
- Laid side by side, Maine and Jalisco would cover 164,000 km², 1.05× the size of Tunisia.
- Together they have 9.2 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.
Side by side
| Maine | Jalisco | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 84,300 km²32,500 mi² | 80,000 km²30,900 mi² |
| Official area | 91,600 km²Wikidata | 78,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 39th of 51in the United States | 6th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2020 | 7.8 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 42nd of 51in the United States | 4th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 16 per km² | 98 per km² |
| Capital | Augusta | Guadalajara |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 47°N | 19°N to 23°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 84,300 km² is 8.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 91,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Wikidata's official figure of 78,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 80,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12