I would have to say California is larger. And if you look on a map you can clearly see it is larger.
which is larger in land area, california or missouri
California is almost two and a half times the size of Missouri.
California has more than twice the land area of Missouri. California: 158,302 square miles; Missouri:69,709 square miles
California is the third largest US State behind Alaska and Texas while Missouri ranks as the 21st US State by total area.
Alaska, Texas, and California are larger than Scotland in terms of land area.
Idaho has a larger land area
Africa is larger in land area.
Alaska, Texas, and California are all larger in land area than Minnesota.
Texas, California, and Alaska are all larger than Oregon in terms of total land area.
Japan is much larger in both area and population.
California has 34.7% more land than the Philippines.
Ventura County in California has a total area of approximately 2,208 square miles. It is one of the larger counties in the state in terms of land area.