State size comparison

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North Carolina is about 47 times bigger than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 4,562% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (8.5 million more people live in North Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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