I don't know how I managed to get to 24 on the first try, because I definitely didn't know for sure beyond the obvious, and was just guessing based on what I remember the map to look like. Somehow, I managed to get that far, and still forgot that Louisiana existed and guessed Georgia.
NY seems huge for the eastern half of the country, but things are much larger out west. Oregon (9th) is nearly twice the size of NY (27th) but NY and Illinois (25th) are quite close in area.
for some reason I knew the state of Georgia was the 24th ranked state in size, so I just did a process of elimination from what states seemed smaller. Nice Quiz!
There is NO WAY New York is in the bottom half in terms of size
That state is HUGE!
At least bigger than Illinois or Oregon or half of the states in the top half