South Carolina is 1.13× the size of Veracruz

South Carolina (state of the United States) covers about 80,200 km² (31,000 mi²) and Veracruz (state of Mexico) about 71,000 km² (27,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

80,200km²South Carolina
71,000km²Veracruz

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South Carolina
Veracruz

What fits

Veracruz is 89% of the size of South Carolina.
South Carolina is larger by 9,200 km² (3,550 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Veracruz.
Measured in Belgiums: South Carolina is about 2.61, Veracruz about 2.31.

How they differ

South Carolina is larger, but Veracruz has the larger population: 8.1 million against 5.1 million, 1.58× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 114 in Veracruz against 64 in South Carolina: Veracruz is 1.79× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,230 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Carolina at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Veracruz at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows South Carolina as 1.46× the size of Veracruz instead of 1.13×.
Together South Carolina and Veracruz cover 151,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 2.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 9,200 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Veracruz's density, South Carolina would have 9.2 million people (it has 5.1 million). At South Carolina's density, Veracruz would have 4.5 million (it has 8.1 million).
South Carolina's centre is 14.6° of latitude, about 1,620 km, farther north than Veracruz'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.
Veracruz is the 12th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.6% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
South Carolina lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,620 km) north of Veracruz.
Shared out evenly, each person in South Carolina would have about 15,660 m² and each person in Veracruz about 8,750 m².
Laid side by side, South Carolina and Veracruz would cover 151,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
Together they have 13.2 million people, 97% as many people as Burundi.

Side by side

	South Carolina	Veracruz
Is a	StateUnited States	StateMexico
Area, measured	80,200 km²31,000 mi²	71,000 km²27,400 mi²
Official area	82,900 km²Wikidata	71,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	40th of 51in the United States	12th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.1 millionWikidata, 2020	8.1 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	23rd of 51in the United States	3rd of 32in Mexico
Density	64 per km²	114 per km²
Capital	Columbia	Xalapa
Latitude range	32°N to 35°N	17°N to 22°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 71,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 71,000 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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