State size comparison

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Florida is about 1.4 times smaller than South Dakota.

South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Florida is approximately 139,670 sq km, making Florida 71.06% the size of South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~935,094 people (22.5 million more people live in Florida).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Dakota vs. Florida uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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