State size comparison
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North Carolina is about 10 times bigger than Connecticut.
Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 905% larger than Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.6 million people (6.0 million more people live in North Carolina).
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