State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is around the same size as Arkansas.
Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 93.55% the size of Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~3.1 million people (8.1 million more people live in North Carolina).
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