State size comparison

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North Carolina is about 214 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 21,290% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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