State size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 4.8 times smaller than Montana.
Montana is approximately 376,979 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 20.69% the size of Montana. Meanwhile, the population of Montana is ~989,415 people (3.6 million more people live in South Carolina).
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