State size comparison

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New Mexico is about 2.5 times bigger than North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 149% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (7.5 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. New Mexico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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