State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is around the same size as Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km,
while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making
North Carolina 4% larger than Mississippi.
Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people
(6.6 million more people live in North Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of
Mississippi
vs.
North Carolina
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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