State size comparison
compared to
Florida is about 1.4 times smaller than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Florida is approximately 139,670 sq km, making Florida 71.06% the size of South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (18.0 million more people live in Florida).
This to-scale comparison of
South Dakota
vs.
Florida
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