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).
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