147,000 square miles or slightly smaller than Montana.
The U.S. state whose area is closest to the total area of Japan is Montana, the fourth-largest.
Japan, at 146,000 square miles is slightly smaller than the state of California (164,000 square miles).
Japan is roughly the size of Montana.Area in square miles:California: ~ 164kMontana: ~ 147kJapan: ~ 145kN. Mexico: ~ 122k...Nebraska: ~ 77k - FYI Nebraska is a terrible answer. It is about half the size of JapanSo, the answer is Montana, but people are more familiar with California. Also, Japan and California are vertically oriented, which might make for an easier comparison.
Washington state is roughly 1/3 bigger than the state of Maine. According to online sources, the total area for the state of Maine is 35,385 square miles whereas Washington state comes in at a much larger 71,300 square miles.
Mississippi is a state that is approximately 46,000 square miles in size.
The State of Texas, in the United States, is roughly 1.95 times the size of the country of Germany. Texas has an area of 268,820 square miles, while Germany's area is 137,847 square miles.
The state of Washington is 71,303 square miles.
It is the 35th largest US State containing 42,774 square miles.
The state with an area closest to 4,244 square miles is Connecticut at 5,544 square miles.
Hawaii is the state with an area of about 13,000 square miles.
The state of Montana is 147,164 square miles.