State size comparison

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North Carolina is about 1.6 times bigger than Maine.

Maine is approximately 79,931 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 58% larger than Maine. Meanwhile, the population of Maine is ~1.3 million people (8.2 million more people live in North Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maine vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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