State size comparison

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South Dakota is about 73 times bigger than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 7,163% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (238,387 fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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