North Carolina is about 1.6 times smaller than Nebraska.

Nebraska is approximately 199,099 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 63.37% the size of Nebraska. Meanwhile, the population of Nebraska is ~2.0 million people (9.2 million more people live in North Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nebraska vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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