State size comparison

 South Dakota, USA
compared to
 California, USA

South Dakota is about 2 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 48.66% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.4 million fewer people live in South Dakota). We have positioned the outline of California near the middle of South Dakota.
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This to-scale comparison of California vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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