State size comparison
compared to
Pennsylvania is about 1.5 times smaller than North Dakota.
North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 64.97% the size of North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~672,591 people (12.0 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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