State size comparison
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South Dakota is about 1.7 times bigger than Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 69% larger than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (11.9 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
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