State size comparison

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North Carolina is about 288 times bigger than New Orleans.

New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 28,651% larger than New Orleans.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Orleans vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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