State size comparison

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North Dakota is about 1.4 times bigger than North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 42% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (8.9 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. North Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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