State size comparison
compared to
California is about 2 times bigger than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 105% larger than South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (36.4 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
South Dakota
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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