State size comparison

 Illinois, USA
compared to
 North Carolina, USA

Illinois is around the same size as North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 14% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (3.3 million more people live in Illinois). We have positioned the outline of North Carolina near the middle of Illinois.
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Flip comparison: see Illinois on top of North Carolina
This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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