State size comparison

 South Dakota, USA
compared to
 Virginia, USA

South Dakota is about 1.9 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, making South Dakota 92% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (7.2 million fewer people live in South Dakota). We have positioned the outline of Virginia near the middle of South Dakota.
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This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. South Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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