State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is about 1.6 times bigger than Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 62% larger than Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
This to-scale comparison of
Mississippi
vs.
South Dakota
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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