State size comparison

compared to

South Dakota is about 39 times bigger than Delaware.

Delaware is approximately 5,060 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 3,784% larger than Delaware. Meanwhile, the population of Delaware is ~897,934 people (83,754 fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Delaware vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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