State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is around the same size as Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km,
while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making
North Carolina 87.64% the size of Illinois.
Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people
(3.3 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
North Carolina
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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