State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 1.2 times bigger than Tennessee.
Tennessee is approximately 106,752 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 18% larger than Tennessee. Meanwhile, the population of Tennessee is ~6.3 million people (3.2 million more people live in North Carolina).
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