State size comparison

 Iowa, USA
compared to
 North Carolina, USA

Iowa is around the same size as North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 15% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (6.5 million fewer people live in Iowa). We have positioned the outline of North Carolina near the middle of Iowa.
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Flip comparison: see Iowa on top of North Carolina
This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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