State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is about 1.3 times bigger than Georgia.
Georgia is approximately 149,976 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 31% larger than Georgia. Meanwhile, the population of Georgia is ~9.7 million people (8.9 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
This to-scale comparison of
Georgia
vs.
South Dakota
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