State size comparison
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Kentucky is about 1.2 times smaller than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 81.56% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (5.2 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
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