State size comparison
compared to
Massachusetts is about 6 times smaller than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, making Massachusetts 16.1% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in Massachusetts).
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