State size comparison

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New Jersey is about 4.1 times smaller than South Carolina.

South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 24.63% the size of South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (4.2 million more people live in New Jersey).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Carolina vs. New Jersey uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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