State size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 1.8 times smaller than Florida.
Florida is approximately 139,670 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 55.83% the size of Florida. Meanwhile, the population of Florida is ~18.8 million people (14.2 million fewer people live in South Carolina).
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