State size comparison

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Kansas is around the same size as South Dakota.

South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Kansas is approximately 211,900 sq km, making Kansas 8% larger than South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (2.0 million more people live in Kansas).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Dakota vs. Kansas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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