State size comparison

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North Carolina is about 2.3 times smaller than Arizona.

Arizona is approximately 294,312 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 42.87% the size of Arizona. Meanwhile, the population of Arizona is ~6.4 million people (3.1 million more people live in North Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arizona vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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