State size comparison
compared to
South Dakota is about 1.7 times bigger than Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 69% larger than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (11.9 million fewer people live in South Dakota).
This to-scale comparison of
Pennsylvania
vs.
South Dakota
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