State size comparison
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Virginia is about 1.3 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 32% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (3.4 million more people live in Virginia).
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