State size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
South Dakota
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