State size comparison
compared to
Iowa is about 1.9 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 86% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in Iowa).
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