State size comparison
compared to
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).
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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