State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is about 1.7 times bigger than Louisiana.
Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 74% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (3.7 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
This to-scale comparison of
Louisiana
vs.
South Dakota
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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