State size comparison
compared to
Virginia is about 1.9 times smaller than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 52.18% the size of South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (7.2 million more people live in Virginia).
This to-scale comparison of
South Dakota
vs.
Virginia
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