State size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 19 times smaller than Alaska.
Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 5.26% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (3.9 million more people live in South Carolina).
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