State size comparison

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South Dakota is about 1.3 times bigger than Georgia.

Georgia is approximately 149,976 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 31% larger than Georgia. Meanwhile, the population of Georgia is ~9.7 million people (8.9 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Georgia vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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