State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is about 1.6 times bigger than New York.
New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 61% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (18.6 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
This to-scale comparison of
New York
vs.
South Dakota
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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