State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is about 1.4 times bigger than Florida.
Florida is approximately 139,670 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 41% larger than Florida. Meanwhile, the population of Florida is ~18.8 million people (18.0 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
This to-scale comparison of
Florida
vs.
South Dakota
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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