State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is about 10 times bigger than Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 868% larger than Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~6.5 million people (5.7 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
This to-scale comparison of
Massachusetts
vs.
South Dakota
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