South Carolina is 1.10× the size of Baja California

South Carolina (state of the United States) covers about 80,200 km² (31,000 mi²) and Baja California (state of Mexico) about 72,900 km² (28,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

80,200km²South Carolina
72,900km²Baja California

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South Carolina
Baja California

What fits

Baja California is 91% of the size of South Carolina.
South Carolina is larger by 7,260 km² (2,800 mi²), which is 10.0% of the area of Baja California.
Measured in Belgiums: South Carolina is about 2.61, Baja California about 2.38.

How they differ

South Carolina also has the larger population: 5.1 million against 3.3 million, 1.54× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 64 in South Carolina against 45 in Baja California: South Carolina is 1.40× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,220 km apart.
Together South Carolina and Baja California cover 153,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 2.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 7,260 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Baja California's density, South Carolina would have 3.6 million people (it has 5.1 million). At South Carolina's density, Baja California would have 4.7 million (it has 3.3 million).
South Carolina's centre is 3.4° of latitude, about 380 km, farther north than Baja California's.
South Carolina is the 40th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Baja California is the 10th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
South Carolina lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 377 km) north of Baja California.
Shared out evenly, each person in South Carolina would have about 15,660 m² and each person in Baja California about 21,990 m².
Laid side by side, South Carolina and Baja California would cover 153,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 8.4 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	South Carolina	Baja California
Is a	StateUnited States	StateMexico
Area, measured	80,200 km²31,000 mi²	72,900 km²28,100 mi²
Official area	82,900 km²Wikidata	71,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	40th of 51in the United States	10th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.1 millionWikidata, 2020	3.3 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	23rd of 51in the United States	14th of 32in Mexico
Density	64 per km²	45 per km²
Capital	Columbia	Mexicali
Latitude range	32°N to 35°N	28°N to 33°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 80,200 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 82,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Our measured 72,900 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 71,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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