State size comparison
compared to
New York is about 1.5 times smaller than North Dakota.
North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 68.45% the size of North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~799,358 people (19.2 million more people live in New York).
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