State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 1.2 times bigger than Kentucky.
Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 23% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (5.2 million more people live in North Carolina).
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