South Carolina is about 866 times bigger than Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 86,548% larger than Fort Lauderdale.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Fort Lauderdale vs. South Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.