State Maps

[toobfreak]

I've been seeing a lot of state maps of the 50 states and it bugs me that they are so inaccurate.

Here is the typical one:

As usual, they show Hawaii as being as big as New Jersey while Alaska about the size of Iowa!
Then months back, someone here even called Texas the biggest state in the union!

So I did a little research, and this is how the size of all 50 states really tally up next to each other in their ACTUAL SIZES:

Hawaii would probably fit within the state of Massachusetts, and Alaska has literally the same area as half the continental US!

 

[1srelluc]

I've been seeing a lot of state maps of the 50 states and it bugs me that they are so inaccurate.

Here is the typical one:

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As usual, they show Hawaii as being as big as New Jersey while Alaska about the size of Iowa!
Then months back, someone here even called Texas the biggest state in the union!

So I did a little research, and this is how the size of all 50 states really tally up next to each other in their ACTUAL SIZES:


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Hawaii would probably fit within the state of Massachusetts, and Alaska has literally the same area as half the continental US!

Neither should be states.....The inhabitants of both are of their own special kind of "odd".

 

[progressive hunter]

Neither should be states.....The inhabitants of both are of their own special kind of "odd".

that could be said about most states,,

 

[Hellokitty]

I've been seeing a lot of state maps of the 50 states and it bugs me that they are so inaccurate.

Here is the typical one:

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As usual, they show Hawaii as being as big as New Jersey while Alaska about the size of Iowa!
Then months back, someone here even called Texas the biggest state in the union!

So I did a little research, and this is how the size of all 50 states really tally up next to each other in their ACTUAL SIZES:


View attachment 1042400

Hawaii would probably fit within the state of Massachusetts, and Alaska has literally the same area as half the continental US!

Weird, IMO if a states not big enough to fit a name marker on a map it needs to be combined with another state.

 

[Concerned American]

I've been seeing a lot of state maps of the 50 states and it bugs me that they are so inaccurate.

Here is the typical one:

View attachment 1042399

As usual, they show Hawaii as being as big as New Jersey while Alaska about the size of Iowa!
Then months back, someone here even called Texas the biggest state in the union!

So I did a little research, and this is how the size of all 50 states really tally up next to each other in their ACTUAL SIZES:


View attachment 1042400

Hawaii would probably fit within the state of Massachusetts, and Alaska has literally the same area as half the continental US!

I saw a map of the continental US with Alaska overlayed on it some years ago and I was amazed. I knew it was the largest state, but until you see the direct comparison it doesn't quite hit home.