State size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 4.7 times bigger than Hawaii.
Hawaii is approximately 16,635 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 369% larger than Hawaii. Meanwhile, the population of Hawaii is ~1.4 million people (3.3 million more people live in South Carolina).
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