State size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 1.7 times smaller than Alabama.
Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 59.34% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (154,372 fewer people live in South Carolina).
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