State size comparison
compared to
Delaware is about 15 times smaller than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Delaware is approximately 5,060 sq km, making Delaware 6.49% the size of South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (3.7 million fewer people live in Delaware).
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