State size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 1.4 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km,
while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making
Washington 37% larger than North Carolina.
Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people
(2.8 million fewer people live in Washington).
This to-scale comparison of
North Carolina
vs.
Washington
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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