State size comparison

 North Carolina, USA
compared to
 Illinois, USA

North Carolina is around the same size as Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 87.64% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (3.3 million fewer people live in North Carolina). We have positioned the outline of Illinois near the middle of North Carolina.
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Flip comparison: see North Carolina on top of Illinois
This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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