State size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 4 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km,
while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making
New Mexico 303% larger than South Carolina.
Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people
(2.6 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
This to-scale comparison of
South Carolina
vs.
New Mexico
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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