State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is around the same size as Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 4% larger than Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (6.6 million more people live in North Carolina).
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