State size comparison
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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).
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