State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is around the same size as Utah.
Utah is approximately 212,751 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 92.38% the size of Utah. Meanwhile, the population of Utah is ~2.8 million people (1.9 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
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