Charlotte is about 1.2 times smaller than Indianapolis.

Indianapolis is approximately 935 sq km, while Charlotte (map shows its 157 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 807 sq km, making Charlotte 86.31% the size of Indianapolis.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Indianapolis vs. Charlotte uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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