State size comparison

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North Carolina is about 2.2 times smaller than Nevada.

Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 44.35% the size of Nevada. Meanwhile, the population of Nevada is ~2.7 million people (6.8 million more people live in North Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nevada vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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