State size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
South Dakota
vs.
Arizona
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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