State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is about 1.6 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 56% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (8.7 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
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