State size comparison

compared to

South Dakota is around the same size as Nebraska.

Nebraska is approximately 199,099 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 98.71% the size of Nebraska. Meanwhile, the population of Nebraska is ~1.8 million people (1.0 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nebraska vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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