State size comparison

compared to

Maine is about 2.5 times smaller than South Dakota.

South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Maine is approximately 79,931 sq km, making Maine 40.67% the size of South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (514,181 more people live in Maine).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Dakota vs. Maine uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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