State size comparison

compared to

Illinois is around the same size as North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 14% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (3.3 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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