State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 1.6 times smaller than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 64.19% the size of South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (8.7 million more people live in North Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of
South Dakota
vs.
North Carolina
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