State size comparison
compared to
Mississippi is around the same size as North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 96.3% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (6.6 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
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