State size comparison
compared to
Rhode Island is about 29 times smaller than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 3.47% the size of South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (3.6 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
This to-scale comparison of
South Carolina
vs.
Rhode Island
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