State size comparison
compared to
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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