State size comparison
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South Dakota is about 16 times bigger than Connecticut.
Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 1,466% larger than Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.6 million people (2.8 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
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