State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is about 10 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 923% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (8.0 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
This to-scale comparison of
New Jersey
vs.
South Dakota
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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