State size comparison
compared to
Arizona is about 2.3 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km,
while Arizona is approximately 294,312 sq km, making
Arizona 133% larger than North Carolina.
Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people
(3.1 million fewer people live in Arizona).
This to-scale comparison of
North Carolina
vs.
Arizona
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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