State size comparison
compared to
Arkansas is about 1.7 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, making Arkansas 73% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (1.7 million fewer people live in Arkansas).
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