State size comparison
compared to
Iowa is around the same size as North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km,
while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making
Iowa 15% larger than North Carolina.
Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people
(6.5 million fewer people live in Iowa).
This to-scale comparison of
North Carolina
vs.
Iowa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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