North Carolina is about 1,402 times bigger than Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 140,079% larger than Fort Lauderdale.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Fort Lauderdale vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.