State size comparison

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North Carolina is around the same size as New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 3% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (9.8 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of New York vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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