State size comparison
compared to
Connecticut is about 16 times smaller than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 6.38% the size of South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (2.8 million more people live in Connecticut).
This to-scale comparison of
South Dakota
vs.
Connecticut
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