State size comparison

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North Dakota is around the same size as Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 86.64% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (4.6 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. North Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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