State size comparison
compared to
Arkansas is around the same size as North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, making Arkansas 7% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (6.6 million fewer people live in Arkansas).
This to-scale comparison of
North Carolina
vs.
Arkansas
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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