State size comparison
compared to
Alabama is about 1.5 times smaller than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 66.87% the size of South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (4.0 million more people live in Alabama).
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