State size comparison
compared to
New York is around the same size as North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km,
while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making
New York 96.93% the size of North Carolina.
Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people
(9.8 million more people live in New York).
This to-scale comparison of
North Carolina
vs.
New York
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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