South Carolina is 1.23× the size of Nuevo León

South Carolina (state of the United States) covers about 80,200 km² (31,000 mi²) and Nuevo León (state of Mexico) about 65,000 km² (25,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

80,200km²South Carolina
65,000km²Nuevo León

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South Carolina
Nuevo León

What fits

Nuevo León is 81% of the size of South Carolina.
South Carolina is larger by 15,200 km² (5,860 mi²), which is 23% of the area of Nuevo León.
Measured in Belgiums: South Carolina is about 2.61, Nuevo León about 2.12.

How they differ

South Carolina is larger, but Nuevo León has the larger population: 5.2 million against 5.1 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 80 in Nuevo León against 64 in South Carolina: Nuevo León is 1.25× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,060 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Carolina at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Nuevo León at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows South Carolina as 1.46× the size of Nuevo León instead of 1.23×.
Together South Carolina and Nuevo León cover 145,000 km², close to the size of Suriname (145,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 15,200 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
At Nuevo León's density, South Carolina would have 6.4 million people (it has 5.1 million). At South Carolina's density, Nuevo León would have 4.1 million (it has 5.2 million).
South Carolina's centre is 8.4° of latitude, about 930 km, farther north than Nuevo León'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.
Nuevo León is the 13th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
South Carolina lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 929 km) north of Nuevo León.
Shared out evenly, each person in South Carolina would have about 15,660 m² and each person in Nuevo León about 12,520 m².
Laid side by side, South Carolina and Nuevo León would cover 145,000 km², about the same size as Suriname.
Together they have 10.3 million people, about as many people as Portugal.

Side by side

	South Carolina	Nuevo León
Is a	StateUnited States	StateMexico
Area, measured	80,200 km²31,000 mi²	65,000 km²25,100 mi²
Official area	82,900 km²Wikidata	64,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	40th of 51in the United States	13th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.1 millionWikidata, 2020	5.2 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	23rd of 51in the United States	8th of 32in Mexico
Density	64 per km²	80 per km²
Capital	Columbia	Monterrey
Latitude range	32°N to 35°N	23°N to 28°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.
Wikidata's official figure of 64,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 65,000 km², to within 2%.

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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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