State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is around the same size as Alabama.
Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 95.99% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (4.8 million more people live in North Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of
Alabama
vs.
North Carolina
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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