State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is about 1.5 times bigger than Alabama.
Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 50% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (4.0 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
This to-scale comparison of
Alabama
vs.
South Dakota
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