State size comparison
compared to
Colorado is about 2.1 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, making Colorado 113% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (4.5 million fewer people live in Colorado).
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