State size comparison
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North Dakota is about 1.5 times bigger than New York.
New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 46% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (18.7 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
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