State size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 1.9 times smaller than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 54.17% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (8.2 million fewer people live in South Carolina).
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