State size comparison
compared to
Connecticut is about 6 times smaller than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 16.09% the size of South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (1.1 million fewer people live in Connecticut).
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