State size comparison
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Minnesota is about 2.6 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 164% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (678,561 more people live in Minnesota).
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