State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 2 times smaller than Wyoming.
Wyoming is approximately 251,489 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 50.17% the size of Wyoming. Meanwhile, the population of Wyoming is ~588,753 people (10.6 million more people live in North Carolina).
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