State size comparison

compared to

Delaware is about 39 times smaller than South Dakota.

South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Delaware is approximately 5,060 sq km, making Delaware 2.57% the size of South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (83,754 more people live in Delaware).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Dakota vs. Delaware uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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