State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 12 times smaller than Alaska.
Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 8.52% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (8.8 million more people live in North Carolina).
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