State size comparison

compared to

North Carolina is about 8 times bigger than Hawaii.

Hawaii is approximately 16,635 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 658% larger than Hawaii. Meanwhile, the population of Hawaii is ~1.4 million people (8.2 million more people live in North Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Hawaii vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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