State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is about 8 times bigger than Maryland.
Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 676% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (5.0 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
This to-scale comparison of
Maryland
vs.
South Dakota
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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