State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 1.4 times smaller than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 73.2% the size of Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (2.8 million more people live in North Carolina).
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