State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is around the same size as Missouri.
Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 10% larger than Missouri. Meanwhile, the population of Missouri is ~6.0 million people (5.2 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
This to-scale comparison of
Missouri
vs.
South Dakota
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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