Fort Lauderdale is about 1,402 times smaller than North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 0.07% the size of North Carolina.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.