State size comparison
compared to
Louisiana is around the same size as North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 89.43% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (5.0 million fewer people live in Louisiana).
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