South Carolina (USA) is 32 times larger than Cook County, Illinois.
Area: 77,857 km2 US Census
Population: 4,774,839 (July 2013) US Census
South Carolina is a state in the Southeastern United States. It is bordered to the north by North Carolina; to the south and west by Georgia, located across the Savannah River; and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Wikipedia
Area: 2,468 km2 calculated
Population: 5,231,351 (2012)
Cook County is a county in the United States state of Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,194,675. Wikipedia