State size comparison
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South Dakota is about 10 times bigger than Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 868% larger than Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~6.5 million people (5.7 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
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