State size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 4 times smaller than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 24.81% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (2.6 million more people live in South Carolina).
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