State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is around the same size as Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 9% larger than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (3.2 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of
Pennsylvania
vs.
North Carolina
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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