State size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
Tennessee
vs.
South Dakota
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