State size comparison
compared to
Texas is about 3.5 times bigger than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, making Texas 245% larger than South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (24.3 million more people live in Texas).
This to-scale comparison of
South Dakota
vs.
Texas
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