State size comparison

compared to

South Dakota is about 2.5 times bigger than Maine.

Maine is approximately 79,931 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 146% larger than Maine. Meanwhile, the population of Maine is ~1.3 million people (514,181 fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maine vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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