State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 1.4 times smaller than North Dakota.
North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 70.62% the size of North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~672,591 people (8.9 million more people live in North Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of
North Dakota
vs.
North Carolina
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