State size comparison

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Arizona is about 1.5 times bigger than South Dakota.

South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Arizona is approximately 294,312 sq km, making Arizona 50% larger than South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (5.6 million more people live in Arizona).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Dakota vs. Arizona uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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