State size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
North Carolina
vs.
North Dakota
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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