State size comparison

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South Dakota is about 1.9 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 92% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (7.2 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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