State size comparison
compared to
Ohio is about 1.9 times smaller than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Ohio is approximately 106,056 sq km, making Ohio 53.96% the size of South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (10.7 million more people live in Ohio).
This to-scale comparison of
South Dakota
vs.
Ohio
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