State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 2.5 times smaller than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 40.14% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (7.5 million more people live in North Carolina).
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