State size comparison
compared to
Pennsylvania is around the same size as North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 92.01% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~11.2 million people (1.9 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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