State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is about 1.9 times bigger than Ohio.
Ohio is approximately 106,056 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 85% larger than Ohio. Meanwhile, the population of Ohio is ~11.5 million people (10.7 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
This to-scale comparison of
Ohio
vs.
South Dakota
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