State size comparison

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Alabama is around the same size as North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 4% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (4.8 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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