State size comparison

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North Carolina is about 76 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 7,506% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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