State size comparison
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Florida is about 1.8 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Florida is approximately 139,670 sq km, making Florida 79% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (14.2 million more people live in Florida).
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