State size comparison

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South Dakota is about 1.8 times bigger than Tennessee.

Tennessee is approximately 106,752 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 84% larger than Tennessee. Meanwhile, the population of Tennessee is ~6.3 million people (5.5 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tennessee vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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