State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 1.6 times smaller than Minnesota.
Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 61.19% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (4.2 million more people live in North Carolina).
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