State size comparison

compared to

Maine is around the same size as South Carolina.

South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Maine is approximately 79,931 sq km, making Maine 2% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (3.3 million fewer people live in Maine).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Carolina vs. Maine uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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