State size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 1.3 times smaller than Kentucky.
Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 75.79% the size of Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (285,997 more people live in South Carolina).
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