City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 132 times smaller than South Carolina.

South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.76% the size of South Carolina.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Carolina vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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