2023 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 9

The numbers 16 and 25 are a pair of consecutive postive squares whose difference is 9. How many pairs of consecutive positive perfect squares have a difference of less than or equal to 2023?

$\text{(A)}\ 674 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 1011 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 1010 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 2019 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 2017$