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How big is Hawaii compared to Rhode Island?

How big is Hawaii compared to Rhode Island? Compare cited land area and population, see real outlines at a shared area scale, and inspect calculated population density.

Hawaii has 6.21× the land area of Rhode Island. Hawaii has 1.29× the listed population of Rhode Island. Density is calculated from the cited figures.

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Hawaii and Rhode Island compared by land areaHawaii and Rhode Island are drawn on the same area scale. The smaller outline remains proportionally smaller. The two outlines are side by side and are not independently resized.
Actual boundaries, centered independently; outline area remains proportional between places.

The figures behind the map

Land area, population and calculated density

At a glance

Compare the figures

Each bar starts at zero. The longest bar is the highest value shown for that measure, not a rating.

Land areakm²
  1. Hawaii16,634 km²
  2. Rhode Island2,678 km²
Populationpeople
  1. Hawaii1,432,820
  2. Rhode Island1,114,521
Population densitypeople/km² · calculated
  1. Hawaii86 people/km²
  2. Rhode Island416 people/km²

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Land area, population, and calculated density for Hawaii and Rhode Island. Each colored bar is proportional to the larger value in its row.
MeasureHawaiiRhode Island
Land area6,423 sq miU.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer Files · 20261,034 sq miU.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer Files · 2026
Population1,432,820 peopleU.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program · 20251,114,521 peopleU.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program · 2025
Calculated density86 people/km²Calculated from the values above416 people/km²Calculated from the values above

Density is calculated as population ÷ land area converted to km². Source years are shown separately; the calculation may combine different years.

Calculated from the cited values

Land area, population and density differences

The land-area gap is about 1.11 × Connecticut's land area (13,957 km², calculated).

Hawaii has 1.29× the listed population of Rhode Island.

Rhode Island has 4.83× the calculated population density of Hawaii.

Land area is shown in km² in the charts so the bars use the same unit.