Fort Lauderdale is about 866 times smaller than South Carolina.

South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 0.12% the size of South Carolina.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Carolina vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.